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litsci-l-digest Wednesday, March 22 2006 Volume 01 : Number
145
In this issue:
Who Created the Symbolic Order?
SUB 6 -- On Mutaphobia
SUB 06: Evolving Pedagogy of Humanities in Medical Education
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Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 13:07:35 -0500
From: "Orion Anderson"
Subject: Who Created the Symbolic Order?
Richard Koenigsberg's Presentation at the Upcoming Conference at =
Rutgers
University: "Who Created the Symbolic Order?"
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Dear Colleagues,=20
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Richard Koenigsberg is presenting an invited lecture at the upcoming
conference at Rutgers University on April 8-9. His paper Who Created the
Symbolic Order (an abstract appears below) will set a new path for =
social
and cultural theory by posing the question: Why? Why do particular
ideologies and discourses become dominant?
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We invite you to hear Richard's lecture (to be presented at 4 PM on
Saturday, April 8) and to attend this exciting conference on =
Psychoanalysis
and the Strategies of Resistance.
For information on the conference program, location and accommodations,
please click here:
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~bahunic/psychoanalysis.html
PLEASE NOTE: The conference organizers have established a very special
DISCOUNT RATE OF $10.00 IN ORDER TO ALLOW STUDENTS (both undergraduate =
and
graduate) to attend. However, you MUST REGISTER IN ADVANCE.=20
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To learn more or to =
register,
please CLICK HERE.
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Seating at this exciting event is limited. We look forward to seeing you
there. Please register now to hold your place.
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With best regards,
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Orion Anderson
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P.S. FACULTY MEMBERS: Please tell your students about this important
conference and how they can attend at the special, discount rate.
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P.P.S. For further information please contact Orion Anderson at (718)
393-1104 or send an email to oanderson@ideologiesofwar.com
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WHO CREATED THE SYMBOLIC ORDER?
Richard Koenigsberg
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In recent theory, mind and self are understood in terms of their =
location
within language and discourse. However, how may we explain discourse =
itself?
Why do particular discourses become powerful within societies? Why are =
some
representations embraced and perpetuated while others are dismissed? How
does a particular discourse-out of the infinite possibilities-achieve
dominance?
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Reality is socially constructed, but constructed based upon what? We may
view ideologies as the articulation of fantasies shared by members of a
society. Ideologies represent societally defined cognitive structures =
that
allow people to project their desires and fantasies into reality. Like
manifest content of dreams, ideologies conceal and reveal a latent =
meaning.
Linguists George Lakoff and Mark Johnson have developed a theory of =
embodied
cognition, which may be summarized as follows: "Structure of our bodily
experience work their way up into abstract meanings and structures of
thought." According to this perspective, mental representations cannot =
be
detached from the organism that produces them. Metaphorical language =
reveals
the bodily source of cognition.
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Unconscious fantasies revolving around bodies, mothers and fathers give
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rise
to political metaphors such as the body politic, motherland and =
fatherland.
It is not simply that we use these words to convey that out relationship
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to
our nation is like a relationship with a body, mother or father. Rather,
according to the theory of embodied cognition, relationships with =
seemingly
external objects such as nations cannot be separated from our mental
representations of these objects. Discourse cannot be detached from our
experiences of and fantasies about our own bodies and the bodies of =
others.
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The nature and structure of the symbolic order needs to be explained =
rather
than assumed. What do specific ideologies do for the people who embrace
them? What psychological work does an ideology perform? We may =
understand
ideologies as cognitive structures functioning to allow unconscious
fantasies to make their way into the outer world.
The project of psychoanalyzing culture requires abandoning the belief =
that
human beings are simply subjects of discourse. Unless we believe that =
the
symbolic order was sent to us by God, we are obliged to pose the =
question:
Why have we brought into being such a world? What are the psychic =
sources of
the societies that human beings have constructed?
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To learn more or to register, =
please CLICK HERE.
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For information on the conference program, location and accommodations,
please click here:
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~bahunic/psychoanalysis.html
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For further information please contact Orion Anderson at (718) 393-1104
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or
send an email to oanderson@ideologiesofwar.com
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Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:04:20 -0500
From: Adam Zaretsky
Subject: SUB 6 -- On Mutaphobia
This Could Be a Panel or a one person presentation
On Mutaphobia
A brief analysis of the attractions and repulsions,
responsibilities and sociopathologies which are coincident
with the flesh hacker's arena of sculpting inheritance.
Is our ecosphere being altered by Genetically Modified Organisms built
for
profit margins without authentic oversight or risk assessment? If the
technology for genome sculpting of new style humans is a possibility,
what,
if any, effect will imagination play in our future kindred? What can we
know
about animal sentience and non-human awareness? How are artists taking
these
factors into account as they try to express themselves through living
collage? As new biological comprehension sprouts new technological
processes, what are the overt and covert roles of creativity on the
decisions of which traits get embedded into whose new bodies? These are
today's major issues emanating from the intersection of Art and Biology.
For a more detailed aproximatation of the message see:
THE MUTAGENIC ARTS
Adam Zaretsky
http://www.ciac.ca/magazine/archives/no_23/en/dossier.htm
If you are interested in a multiperson panel please see the following
website for both people and discourse:
BIOART IN QUESTION:
ADAM ZARETSKY TALKS WITH SHANNON BELL, SAM BOWER, DMITRY BULATOV, GEORGE
GESSERT, KATHY HIGH,
ELLEN K. LEVY, ORON CATTS & IONAT ZURR
AND JENNIFER WILLET
http://www.ciac.ca/magazine/archives/no_23/en/entrevue.htm
Key Words: Bioart, Mutation, Transgenics, Bioethics, Philosophy
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Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 08:15:24 -0500
From: "Ruben Nazario"
Subject: SUB 06: Evolving Pedagogy of Humanities in Medical Education
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Humanities in Medicine or Medical Humanities? The Evolution of Medical
Humanities Programs
The purpose of this paper is to explore the underlying curricular
paradigms
driving the collaboration between the humanities and medicine. The essay
will explore the philosophical evolution behind the inclusion of the
humanities in the medical school curriculum, starting with the
perception by
medical school educators in the middle of the twentieth century that
medicine was undergoing a technical shift away from its humanistic
basis.
The paper will examine some of the curricular models currently used in
medical humanities programs. Finally, the essay will examine possible
avenues for the implementation and interaction of the humanities and
medicine.
Keywords: medical humanities; medical education; medical school
curriculum;
philosophy of medicine.
Ruben J. Nazario, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Section of Inpatient Pediatrics
Kentucky Children's Hospital
Lexington, KY 40536
rjnaza2@uky.edu
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