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Reflections on Saturday: the Mighty Story, the Mirror Stage, and Henry Perowne's Ocular Proof1 comment

bellonvandy wrote 7 months ago: Early in our inhabitation of Henry Perowne’s mind, we observe him engage in one of many intellectual … more →

Tags: Ship Fever, Gender, Saturday, Saturday, Ian McEwan, mirror stage, ocular proof, Andrea Barrett, Henry Perowne

SATURDAY, & The Moon-Blanched Infarct

B.L. wrote 7 months ago: Inside its borders, having for years gone unnoticed, the delinquent gene now keys the security syste … more →

Tags: genetic determinism, Saturday, Arnold, Huntington's Disease, Ian McEwan, lemonade, Mercedes, Writer's Block

Matthew Arnold in Ian McEwan's Saturday

erinspinka wrote 7 months ago: What should we make of the references to Matthew Arnold (yes, I am excited to discuss another Victor … more →

Tags: Saturday, Ian McEwan, Informed Consent, Matthew Arnold, paternalism

A Saturday with the Perownes

coreykalbaugh wrote 7 months ago: I read Ian McEwan’s Saturday in one sitting after we finished our class on Wednesday and I can hones … more →

Tags: Saturday, genetic sequencing, Huntington's Disease, Saturday

Poets & Writers' "For Writers, the Doctor's Definitely In"

v2009 wrote 7 months ago: In support of short posts (and interdisciplinarity) –  Kate Daniels brought this article in Po … more →

Tags: poets and doctors

Genealogies and Critical Distance

michaelalijewicz wrote 8 months ago: John Dupre’s lunch seminar on Genomes and Genetics was an invaluable opportunity to see a crit … more →

Tags: genetic determinism, Genetic engineering, science and humanities, Darwin, Nietzsche, genealogy, John Dupré, Regenia Gagnier

The Commodification of the Genetic Code

michaelalijewicz wrote 9 months ago: In Oryx and Crake, Oryx is a sex-slave, a child-prostitute, and a human commodity.  She was bought, … more →

Tags: Genetic engineering, Ethics of science, Oryx and Crake, Posthuman, ethics, Genetics, Commodification, Prostitution, child pornography

Collaboration in Literary Study

Jay Clayton wrote 10 months ago: In the graduate class this semester, we plan to explore collaborative research techniques that are m … more →

Tags: science and humanities, Collaboration in Humanities, Collaboration, transdisciplinary research, co-authoring research, Education


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