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How We Know Ourselves: c. In the World

How We Know Ourselves: c. In the World

We know our bodies intimately. It is through our bodies and our nervous systems that we are aware of and come to know anything at all. But in a sense our bodies are a zero-point, and even how we feel about our bodies and our place in the world may depend heavily upon where we are in the world, and how the world, other people in particular, respond to us and make us feel. My body is always located somewhere, and although language and technology make it possible for me to exper

The Peace that Passeth All Understanding

The Peace that Passeth All Understanding

When he was born, his mama said, “The moon turned black, and the clock stopped dead. Lord, have mercy,” she said, “what have I done? Is my flesh and blood the Devil’s son?” The Stone Coyotes: “Powder Keg,” by Barbara Keith In director Lynne Ramsay’s (2011) We Need to Talk About Kevin, a film about a mother’s grief and shame after her son’s act of mass violence, her son gives us the motivation for what he will eventually perpetrate in the locked-down gym of a high-school pep