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Can the term neoliberalism be turned into a useful analytic tool?
/1 Comment/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillGiven my interest in how language interacts with perception, I enjoyed reading an overview, in Status Update (2013), of the history of neoliberalism. Boas and Gans-Morse (2009) In her discussion of neoliberalism in Status Update (2013), Alice E. Marwick cites a 2009 journal article by Taylor C. Boas and Jordan Gans-Morse entitled Neo liberalism: From New Liberal Philosophy to Anti-Liberal Slogan. The source is: […]
Blurbs define us and tell us who we are
/0 Comments/in Newsletter, Toronto/by Jaan PillIt’s great to have a Twitter account and a blog, because they offer a person a way to organize her or his thinking and learn from other people. My topic concerns the nature of reality. How do we make sense of reality? We have available to us a wide range of academic, corporate, and political […]
Positive thinking: Pro and con
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillIn a book entitled The antidote: Happiness for people who can’t stand positive thinking (2012), Oliver Burkeman argues that positive thinking has its limitations. Another book along the same lines is The power of negative thinking: Using “defensive pessimism” to manage anxiety and perform at your peak (2001) by Julie K. Norem. Among books that […]
Ward 3 Trustee Pamela Gough’s Update April 26
/0 Comments/in Newsletter/by Jaan PillFollowing is from Trustee Pamela Gough’s Office: Sent on behalf of Trustee Pamela Gough: Ward 3 Trustee Pamela Gough’s Update April 26, 2013 Happy Earth Week! I did my traditional community clean-up on Monday, Earth Day. My husband, who is truly talented at building and fixing things, built a raised vegetable garden in our backyard […]
Connectedness comes from a key minority of nodes: Communication power (2009) and The information (2011)
/0 Comments/in Long Branch/by Jaan PillCommunication power (2009) by Manuel Castells is concerned with empirical evidence and political communication theories. I was impressed when I encountered the description by Peter Burke (2005) of how Castells has conceptualized city life and cities in the context of postmodernity. Castells has remarked that ‘The city is everywhere and in everything,’ and that networks constitute […]