Word: discourseã
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...House Communications Director Anita Dunn made clear just how concerned the White House is in her indictment of Fox as “a wing of the Republican Party.” That slip reveals that the White House is in fact concerned with the lies surrounding the national discourse??concerned enough to attack it in an official public-relations capacity...
...going into medical school, we were the only couple to survive.” Interdisciplinary love seemed doomed. What if you’re arguing with your biologist boyfriend, and you tell him, “Wait a minute. I think we’re trapped in an oppressive discourse??—and he has no idea that you’re talking about Foucault? Or what if your mathematician boyfriend slips his arm around your shoulders and says, “Hey, I think we need to reduce your genus...
...Kuwaiti oil fields of the Gulf War, many performance artists do not court any kind of beauty. Instead, they often redeem their projects with the vague notion of “protest” or discourse. Shvarts claimed her aim was to inspire “some sort of discourse?? (what sort, we might wonder?). Vargas says he wanted to draw attention to the common fate of stray Nicaraguan dogs...
...others, albeit not necessarily agree with them. To glean the most from this invaluable opportunity, we must be willing to understand, to enter into discourse without preconceived judgments, and provide each other the space to express the importance and significance of our respective worldviews without accusations of indoctrination. Discourse??open, free, and civil—is crucial to the formation and development of a pluralistic society. A pluralistic society presupposes the existence of differing worldviews and religious convictions. Dialogue about religion should take place, but in order for it to thrive, limits must be established to ensure that...
...that American intellectual habits have changed—come across cohesively (and with refreshing humor and humility). However, this is only the last three chapters. For the most part, Jacoby’s argument lacks the very basic tenets—rationality, tolerance, and an openness to discourse??she seems to be trying to encourage in society. Many can sympathize with the gist of her argument, but Jacoby gets bogged down in the insignificant particulars of past. While she means to show the importance of our heritage, Jacoby seems to forget to look to the future...