tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911464913331967955.post2025873870472787363..comments2023-11-08T00:34:04.692-08:00Comments on Tropics of Meta: Cosmopolitan Tensions: Contradictions in the Theory of Cosmopolitanismblackpepperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16889926595548195987noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911464913331967955.post-74947689432342222802010-12-09T07:28:29.081-08:002010-12-09T07:28:29.081-08:00@Ess... no i never studied with lisa tiersten ... ...@Ess... no i never studied with lisa tiersten ... all my columbia profs can be counted on one hand and a couple fingers... Bridgette Nacos (Poli Sci - Great), Michael Golston (poetry- great as well), Pablo Piccato (L.A. History - outstanding), Ken Jackson (US Hist - solid), Michael Bell (Architecture - also great), Manning Marable (African American studies - very good), Nicolas De Genova (rabble rouser - nice guy though) and Claudia Bushman (American Studies - not so great). really a grab bag which is what the American Studies program kind of forces you to do. I was also teaching h.s. during the day so my options were limited.less is morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07374087786818081073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5911464913331967955.post-74702518719407854402010-12-08T12:48:31.794-08:002010-12-08T12:48:31.794-08:00strange: derrida not so hot (academically of cours...strange: derrida not so hot (academically of course)<br />but kind of disciple de man much more lucid, less pretentious vilified mainly because of taint of anti semitism and to lesser extent being a liar<br />does deconstruction only appeal to the morally vapid or just exacerbate their nastiness?<br />interesting though-de man runs with deriddas point then gayatri spivak - de mans disciple- embodies the academic obfuscator the economist shits on<br />also mistakened kant for peter o toole circa venus<br />derrida and john walsh resemble each other btw<br />love how ny review of bks pairs deconstruction with a love story which according to the daily mail may get the sequel treatment<br />ryan-at columbia did you study with lisa tiersten at all?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090316231801199710noreply@blogger.com