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Do brown people have brown thoughts? Richard Rodriguez’s philosophy of race, culture, and identity

complex and nuanced than the boxes we try to fit people in. In expressing his philosophy of identity, Rodriguez reflects on the concept of brownness and “brown thoughts,” invoking brown as a metaphor for ... casting Rodriguez and Chicano/a scholars on opposing sides of partisan debates and political wedge issues. However, there is more nuance and progressivism to Rodriguez’s philosophy than he is typically

Special issue: Advancing Latina/o/x criminologies

injustice. Nation-state power, restrictive migration policies, and the coercive - 1 We use the term Latina/o/x to account for the diversity of individual identities and political locations. When referencing ... alternative and emancipatory paradigms of justice, health, and safety. Cognitive justice and criminological knowledge claims Science and knowledge production are not vacuum sealed from broader political

Negotiating cultural, political, and spiritual meaning through affect and movement

geographies and wide-ranging contexts while they navigate myriad internal and external tensions. From the salsa studio and the concert hall to the unemployment center to political and spiritual organizing ... invite us to witness how the Latinx community engages with the persistent negotiation of cultural, political, and spiritual meaning with feeling, creativity, and ingenuity. In our lead essay, Carmela

The Consolation of Philosophy

Philosophy attempts to convince Boethius that he should not be unhappy, despite his fate. Philosophy cites his good upbringing, political career, pious wife, his sons' healthy political queer, and his father ... each work similar discussions on death and dying are presented. These aspects of the works, however, are where the similarities end. Instead, by placing Lady Philosophy in Socrates' position, the reader

Plato's Phaedo: Tragedy, Philosophy, and Backstabbing

understanding of the subject of philosophy. Perhaps in response to the assertions of contemporary philosophers, Plato asserted that, "no treatise by me concerning [philosophy] exists or ever will exist" (Cushman ... altered and his philosophy would necessarily have been assimilated into Plato's own. Thus, in a dialogue as late as the Pbaef/,o, Socrates must be seen as a facade for Plato. Rather than a tribute, though

Ethnographic borders and crossings: Critical ethnography, intersectionality, and blurring the boundaries of insider research

of mixed-status families and situate them within a larger political-economic context of restrictive immigration policies and neoliberal globalization. Critical ethnography is a useful methodology when ... a larger political-economic context of restrictive immigration policies and neoliberal globalization. Critical ethnography, I argue, is a useful methodology that helps us interrogate larger questions

Mexican-Origin Newsmakers: Utilizing Health in La Opinión Microfilm for Data Collecting and Methodology

voice of the community in ads, announcements, political cartoons, and throughout the margins of the newspaper. This article also offers an analysis of the opinions from the community about health care and ... facilities they had to access in the 1960s. In La Opinión political cartoons by Armando Campero speak to the community’s fear of health-care facilities. Figure 1 shows a cartoon with two people looking at a

How many Latino studies programs are there? Tracking departmental growth, stagnation, and invisibility 1960–2020

studies generally and Latino studies in particular. We describe the academic, social, and political motivations for the rise of these fields and then review research on the links between ethnic/Latino ... intellectual and political movements on the US southwestern border and Puerto Rico (Sleeter 2011) . The first ethnic studies program was established at San Francisco State in 1968, and the effort moved quickly

Vital minimums: El Salvador between youth and old age

in western El Salvador that have chosen to repatriate back to the home country, opting to return to contexts depicted by chaos, strife, and pervasive political senselessness. It is worth noting that ... for this conversation attributable to his numerous writings and reflections that sought, tirelessly, to examine the character and shape of Salvadoran sociality. A philosophy of life What is the vital

Semillas de la rebelión: Revolutionary postmemory, hip-hop, and Chilean exile

orchestrated a counterrevolutionary coup against leftist president Salvador Allende, which produced political exiles and economic emigrants, setting in motion large migratory networks that continue to exist ... 2006; Melillo 2015; Shayne 2010; Tinsman 2014) , I illustrate these exiles’ continued political work beyond the Pinochet era in the contemporary moment and how their activism lives on through Rebel Diaz

Yeke Caaji, the Mongol-Oyirod Great Code of 1640: Innovation in Eurasian State Formation

Mongolian. Historically it marked one of the last political strategies of two divisions of the Mongol Empire, established by Chinggis Khaan in 1206, to remain free of external political authority. The ... his dismissal of the Great Code as important in any meaningful way. One year later, in 2006, a group of papers in Imperial Statecraft explored political forms and governance techniques in Inner Asia

Yeke Caaji, the Mongol-Oyirod Great Code of 1640: Innovation in Eurasian State Formation

Mongolian. Historically it marked one of the last political strategies of two divisions of the Mongol Empire, established by Chinggis Khaan in 1206, to remain free of external political authority. The ... his dismissal of the Great Code as important in any meaningful way. One year later, in 2006, a group of papers in Imperial Statecraft explored political forms and governance techniques in Inner Asia

A Translation of the Nakulapitāsutta and its Commentaries

sophisticated system of cross-references wisely intertwined with a bulk of original elucidations.  This combination illustrates some prominent aspects of Pali Buddhist philosophy and provides a precious series of

Affliction without Affliction: A Translation of the Nakulapitāsutta and its Commentaries

sophisticated system of cross-references wisely intertwined with a bulk of original elucidations.  This combination illustrates some prominent aspects of Pali Buddhist philosophy and provides a precious series of

A Translation of the Nakulapitāsutta and its Commentaries

sophisticated system of cross-references wisely intertwined with a bulk of original elucidations.  This combination illustrates some prominent aspects of Pali Buddhist philosophy and provides a precious series of

Tarōbō by Rohan Koda: translated into English by Tsutomu Nagata

his generation, he did not study abroad or receive Westernized higher education. His works are based on East Asian aesthetics and Buddhist philosophy rather than the European literary trends that

The Protagoras: An Explication

The paper explores themes of Athenian life, Socratic philosophy, and the theme of Knowledge leading to power in the Protagoras. The setting of the Protagoras is primarily a portico at Callias’s home

Explication of Plato's Protagoras

In the Protagoras, Plato presents a view of the Classical Greek social and political structures, as well as personal attitudes and morals, by implying them through the narrative frame rather than ... and Philology Commons, and the Philosophy Commons Recommended Citation - Kerl McMurry n order to get the full meaning of any of the I Platonic dialogues, one must carefully analyze the structure

Kurt Tucholsky: Left-Wing Intellectual and Politically-Engaged Journalist

Critics of intellectuals have focused on the naive idealism of intellectuals and their tendency to withdraw from the political theater, instead concentrating on their respective specialties ... and Politically-Engaged Journalist In the political culture of the Weimar Republic, there were few calm moments. Chaos, irony, and paradox moved through the currents of time without causing the least