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Robert Jensen : The Universe Is an Undifferentiated Whole
In his new “primer on critical thinking,” Arguing for Our Lives, Robert Jensen “connects abstract ideas with the everyday political and spiritual struggles of ordinary people.” Arguing for our lives: The universe is an undifferentiated whole The knowledge we humans … Continue reading
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Robert Jensen : Important Truths Behind an Anti-War Slogan
Image from deepforest.org. ‘No blood for oil!’ Important truths behind an anti-war slogan Underneath the complex relationships and shifting strategies, the obvious question lingers: If the Middle East were not home to the largest reserves of the most easily accessible oil … Continue reading
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Tagged Fossil Fuels, Iraq War, Middle East, Natural Resources, Oil Business, Peace Movement, Robert Jensen, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Robert Jensen : Torture is Trivial
Zero Dark Thirty reinforces the story of American innocence. Torture is trivial Zero Dark Thirty tells the story most Americans want to hear, not the story that needs to be told. By Robert Jensen | The Rag Blog | January … Continue reading
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Tagged Imperialism, Robert Jensen, Terrorism, Torture, U.S. Foreign Policy, Zero Dark Thirty
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Robert Jensen : Jim Koplin: Living Your Life Honestly
James Henry Koplin, 1933-2012. Image from JimKoplin.com.Jim Koplin:Living your life honestly By Robert Jensen | The Rag Blog | January 16, 2013 “Good teaching is living your life honestly in front of students.” I don’t recall exactly when Jim Koplin … Continue reading
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Tagged Deaths, Education, Higher Education, Jim Koplin, Robert Jensen, Teaching, University of Texas
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Robert Jensen : What Starts at UT… Accelerates Destruction?
Image from Latinitas.UT motto modification:What starts here…accelerates destruction? While UT administrators may be heartfelt in their belief that ‘we are driven to solve society’s issues,’ most of the so-called solutions that are generated ignore or intensify the fundamental problems of … Continue reading
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Tagged Academia, Capitalism, Ecology, Global Crisis, Higher Education, Robert Jensen, Social Criticism, University of Texas
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Robert Jensen : Why We Won and How We Are Losing
Going, going… Image from Earthweek.From start to finish:Why we won and how we are losing A review essay on human origins and contemporary crises. By Robert Jensen | The Rag Blog | September 27, 2012 James Howard Kunstler, Too Much … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Anthropology, Books, Ecology, Evolution, Global Crisis, Robert Jensen, Western Civilization
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Robert Jensen : Learning to Hate Longhorn Football
Bevo goes to college. Photo by Mose Buchele for KUT News. Inset photo of Texas cheerleader by Donn Jones / AP.Learning to hate Longhorn football Dealing with UT’s jock-obsessed culture is easy — I critique it, without hesitation. Dealing with … Continue reading
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Tagged Campuses, College Sports, Football, Robert Jensen, Sports, Student Athletes, UT-Austin
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Robert Jensen : There Are Marxists in India?
Prabhat Patnaik. Image from The Bruce Initiative on Rethinking Capitalism.‘There are Marxists in India?’ Economist Prabhat Patnaik on the global crisis By Robert Jensen | The Rag Blog | April 25, 2012 After an engaging half-hour interview with India’s pre-eminent … Continue reading
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Tagged Economists, India, Marxism, Prabhat Patnaik, Robert Jensen, Socialists
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BOOKS / Robert Jensen : Prophets of the Fourth Estate
The corporate media crisis:Everything old is new again By Robert Jensen | The Rag Blog | April 4, 2012 [Prophets of the Fourth Estate: Broadsides by Press Critics of the Progressive Era, edited by Amy Reynolds and Gary Hicks; Foreword … Continue reading
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Tagged American Society, Books, Democracy, Journalism, Mainstream Media, Media Criticism, Robert Jensen
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Robert Jensen : Holding Onto the Joy in Teaching
Pompous professor. Image from Canadian Mysteries.Holding onto the joy in teaching We are the best teachers when we aren’t afraid of the dark. By Robert Jensen | The Rag Blog | March 13, 2012 I am a tenured professor in … Continue reading
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Tagged Educational Philosophy, Educators, Robert Jensen, UT-Austin
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BOOKS / Robert Jensen : Belén Fernández Dresses Down Thomas Friedman
The emperor’s messenger has no clothes:Belén Fernández dresses down Thomas Friedman By Robert Jensen / Truthout / January 28, 2012 [The Imperial Messenger: Thomas Friedman at Work, by Belén Fernández (Verso, 2011); 240 pp., $16.95. Published by Verso in its … Continue reading
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Tagged Belén Fernández, Books, Imperialism, Journalists, Robert Jensen, Thomas Friedman
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BOOKS / Robert Jensen : Brueggemann’s ‘The Practice of Prophetic Imagination’
Prophetic politics:Charting a healthy role for religion in public life By Robert Jensen / The Rag Blog / February 7, 2012 [The Practice of Prophetic Imagination: Preaching an Emancipatory Word, by Walter Brueggemann (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2012); Hardcover, 192 pp., … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Liberation Theology, Prophecy, Religion, Robert Jensen, Social Change
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