About Michael J. Faris
Assistant Professor of English with research areas in digital literacy, privacy and social media, and queering rhetorics.
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Category Archives: Philosophy 507 Critical Social Theory (Fall 2006)
on an upcoming philosophy paper
I have all my homework done for this quarter except a 12-15 page paper due Thursday. This is exciting – I’ve never had an easier finals week. But it’s a little stressful because I want this paper to be good. … Continue reading
philosophy digest #8
here is the reading digest I’ll turn in for critical social theory on Tuesday: Wednesday night, after a short week of classes before Thanksgiving, I sat in Bombs Away, one of my favorite bars to sit and chat with others … Continue reading
philosophy digest #7
here is the reading digest I turned in for philosophy class last week: Habermas, Jürgen. “The Crisis of the Welfare State and the Exhaustion of Utopian Energies.“ Translated by Thomas McCarthy. Hames-GarcÃÂa, Michael. “Can Queer Theory Be Critical Theory?“ in … Continue reading
philosophy digest #6
Here is my reading digest for Critical Social Theory that’s due tomorrow: Habermas, Jürgen. “Toward a Reconstruction of Historical Materialism“ and “Social Action and Rationality.“ Translated by Thomas McCarthy. Marcuse, Herbert. “Liberation from the Affluent Society.“ in Critical Theory and … Continue reading
Paris on the obsolescence of critical theory
Where has Critical Theory gone? Paris argues that in turning away from Horkheimer’s call for a theorizing and researching for liberation and a future free of suffering, theorists such as Habermas have ignored the past and future. For these new … Continue reading