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Identity

Woman as The Relative Gender

Personally, I found de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex quite difficult to understand, partially because I know nothing about feminism, but also because it is generally hard to relate to the strong opinions of others. Nevertheless, there were several interesting points that I found have resonated with me. I will mainly talk about the introduction of the […]

Posted in blogs, lb4-2014 | Tagged with Beauvoir, Identity, oppression, women

Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

Video and Powerpoint of lecture by Jon Beasley-Murray for the “Remake/Remodel” theme

Posted in lecture, powerpoint, Remake/Remodel, Repetition Compulsion, Rob Crawford, video | Tagged with Achebe, Africa, anthropology, C20th, colonialism, Conrad, culture, difference, history, Identity, Jon Beasley-Murray, literature, novel, repetition

Ian Hacking, Rewriting the Soul

Ian Hacking, Rewriting the Soul

Video of lecture by Jill Fellows for the “Remake/Remodel” theme

Posted in Jill Fellows, lecture, Remake/Remodel, video | Tagged with C20th, Canada, Discourse, Hacking, history, Identity, Medicine, memory, philosophy, politics, Sociology, truth

identity crises

Hong Kong was a colony of Great Britain until July 1st, 1997, when it was handed back to China. My point? I’m 19 and have lived pretty much all my life in a post colonial country. Why is this post … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in blogs, lb4-2013 | Tagged with Chinese, Classification, Confusion, Fanon, history, Hong Kong, Identification, Identity, philosophy, Post Colonialism, Society

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