On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Barrie Karp <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> times have changed, things are so different among students we may
> encounter, especially if there is a big generation gap and also regarding
> technology, devices in the classroom, Internet, resistance to reading and
> attention, etc., maybe this is just my experience because I don't generally
> get students who study philosophy these days . . .
>
> Last year the best students were especially excited to discover writings
> by Drucilla Cornell.  (Best students: they read everything and more -- very
> rare in my current encounters unfortunately).
>
> One never knows what to expect.
>
> The myths and stereotypes about feminism come out rather quickly in
> classrooms, one hardly needs to devise.
>
> The Frye article mentioned, "Sexism," works best if taught with the first
> article in the book, "Oppression," and in reverse order can be good to try,
> but always emphasize how interlocked they are -- and do imaginary re-write
> where obvious improvements to these sturdy texts could be made.  Though
> they disagree in key ways, these texts go well with, have seeds of, basic
> Judith Butler.  I start my basic course with those two Frye essays and
> Butler (plus some category deconstruction from Lloyd and Louis Armstrong)
> and go right into antiracist feminism from there.
>
> Since I was not permitted to use the word feminism in a course title long
> ago when I invented what became my core feminist theory course (teaching
> sometimes in non-traditional places for study of philosophy, such as
> humanities, liberal arts, or social sciences departments of art schools
> where most students just want to concentrate on their studio courses), I
> made the title *Philosophy of the Sexes*, which I soon changed to *Philosophy
> of the Sexes & Racism* -- and it remains so.
>
> It's great to read this discussion, thanks for starting and developing it.
>
>
>
> --
>
> Barrie Karp, Ph.D., Philosophy
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> New York City!
>
>

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