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...individual's existence and in the abstract sense of collective man's experience. He juxtaposes the crude material with the sophisticated abstract. He jumps from talking of a "posting inspection," during which "they made us piss into beer-mugs" and "strip to the buff," to nothing that "the method of Heidegger and such as may come after him is basically the same as that of Descartes." But for all his occasional snobisme, he returns to a realization of the common bond of humanity:" ...humanity must perforce be the historical totality of the men who have lived, are living and will...
...life have great educational value. At present, most instruction in our universities is far too passive. Professors rely excessively on the lecture. Seminars are often consumed by dull recitations of student work. Discussion groups are typically led by graduate students who lack experience in teaching, especially by the discussion method. Granted, students are challenged to think for themselves in preparing for exams and writing papers. But all too often, exam grades come back with little or no explanation while term papers return with only a few hastily scribbled comments...
...that was left captainless by the assassination of the late sixties. But what has happened to those of the old guard who were fortunate enough to survive the turbulence that claimed Martin Luthur King and Malcolm X? How have the two decades since those slayings changed their views and method? And what can Jackson-and anyone else seriously interested in the Black movement-learn from the "founding fathers" of modern Black activism...
...rage and aggression and reptilian brain. Viet Nam changed American notions about the virtues of masculinity and femininity. In the '60s, during the great violence of the war, masculine power came to be subtly discredited in many circles as oafish and destructive. The heritage of the Enlightenment (the scientific method, progress, that dreamy Jeffersonian clarity of mind that told us all problems could be solved) now seemed drawn into a darker business. D.H. Lawrence once wrote that the essential American soul was "hard, stoic, isolate, and a killer...
...more high school students going on to college than ever before from 6 percent in 1950 to about 25 percent today (excluding community colleges). While he says colleges should have a strong commitment to the humanities, he predicts, "We're going to have a real problem using the traditional method on everybody...