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suggests that the self and its relation to the world is not merely a mental phenomenon. It has a sensual, embodied, and material dimension, and changes, even subtle ones, to the texture our experience can have profound consequences.
L. M. Sacasas • The Stuff of Life: Materiality and the Self
Consider the difference between what you’ve been told to think and what you’ve actually experienced in your life. The data you hold from living, observing, and doing.
On one hand, there are ideas you've inherited (heard most, read most, thought about most) about what is “right.” On the other hand, there are your actions, your observations of... See more
On one hand, there are ideas you've inherited (heard most, read most, thought about most) about what is “right.” On the other hand, there are your actions, your observations of... See more
Can We Apply Critical Thinking to Identity & Culture?
There are depths at which ideas of how the world is put together are so integrated into life that they have become invisible. Those are the ones to watch out for. They sustain other ideas, and ideas about ideas. They seem unchangeable. But, pull a single thread loose and the whole tapestry can be reorganized.
To begin to think differently at this
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