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litsci-l-digest Wednesday, September 21 2005 Volume 01 : Number
120
In this issue:
FWD: Senior Hire @ Penn State
'I Am, Therefore I Think': Separating from the Symbolic Order
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Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:11:07 -0400
From: "Wayne Miller"
Subject: FWD: Senior Hire @ Penn State
From Susan Squier sxs62@psu.edu:
Penn State invites applications for a senior hire to be filled at the
rank =
of tenured associate or full professor in the area of Biomedical Ethics.
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This will be a joint position in the College of the Liberal Arts
(http://ww=
w.la.psu.edu/), the College of Medicine
(http://www.hmc.psu.edu/college/), =
and the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences (http://www.lsc.psu.edu/),
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The successful candidate would have a departmental home in the
Humanities =
or Social Sciences in the College of the Liberal Arts and in the
Department=
of Humanities in the College of Medicine.
Applicants will be expected to teach courses at both the graduate and =
undergraduate levels, with a strong range of teaching abilities in the =
area of Bioethics and Medical Humanities. We are particularly
interested =
in candidates with expertise in research ethics. The successful
candidate =
must be able to work knowledgeably and effectively with scientists and =
physicians. Highly desirable for the appointee is an active grants =
record.
A portion of the position will be situated in the Rock Ethics Institute
=
(http://rockethics.psu.edu/) with concomitant released time to ensure
and =
enhance interactions with colleagues from the Huck Institutes of the
Life =
Sciences, participation in collaborative research projects, and
development=
of research and outreach activities that create rich links between the
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Rock Ethics Institute and the College of Medicine.
Please send application letter, full curriculum vitae, sample
publications,=
and letters of reference to: Chair, Biomedical Ethics Search Committee
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The Pennsylvania State University Box SS 111 Sparks Building University
=
Park, PA 16802
Review of applications begins on November 15 and will continue until the
=
position is filled. Penn State is committed to affirmative action,
equal =
opportunity, and the diversity of its workforce.
Susan Squier
Brill Professor of Women's Studies and English
S228 Burrowes Building
University Park, PA 16802
814-863-3604
Director, Science, Medicine and Technology in Culture Program
Home address: PO Box 557, 211 Miller Lane, Boalsburg, PA 16827
814-466-7626
cell phone: 814-360-9622
http://www.personal.psu.edu/faculty/s/x/sxs62/
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Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 13:04:05 -0400
From: "Orion Anderson"
Subject: 'I Am, Therefore I Think': Separating from the Symbolic Order
Just Published:
'I AM, THEREFORE I THINK': SEPARATING FROM THE SYMBOLIC ORDER
by Richard Koenigsberg
Whereas many currents in contemporary thought emphasize the embeddedness
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of
the subject within culture, Buddhism focuses on that part of the self =
that
is not bound to the symbolic order. Buddhism constitutes a method or
practice for separating; detaching from culture. Buddhism embraces =
rather
than shies away from the encounter with emptiness or non-being. Within =
the
space of emptiness, language and the symbolic order dissolve, allowing =
one
to return to silence-the essence of being.
Buddhism compares the self to a vast, empty sky. Ideas and thoughts are
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like
clouds. Why cling to each passing cloud? From the space of the empty sky
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one
may observe ideas and beliefs that inhabit the self without declaring =
that
these ideas and beliefs are the essence of self. From within the space =
of
emptiness, one may examine the nature and structure of the ideas and =
objects
with which one had become identified. Buddhism represents a =
psychological
method whose purpose is to facilitate disidentification with the =
symbolic
order. Buddhism nurtures a place within the mind where ideologies and =
the
discourses of society lose their power.
JOIN THE LISTSERV ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION OF IDEOLOGY: =
Simply
send on e-mail to oanderson@ideologiesofwar.com
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The complete paper by Dr. Richard Koenigsberg is available as an on-line
publication. To read:
'I AM, THEREFORE I THINK': SEPARATING FROM THE SYMBOLIC ORDER
PLEASE CLICK HERE or
visit:
http://ideologiesofwar.com/papers/rk_think.htm
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'I AM, THEREFORE I THINK': SEPARATING FROM THE SYMBOLIC ORDER
According to Buddhism, the self comes into being, not by virtue of one's
status as a "speaking being," but to the extent that one pays close
attention to one's posture and breathing. One focuses on the immediate
moment-one's thoughts and feelings as they occur in the immediate =
moment-and
gradually becomes aware of one's existence. Self derives from =
mindfulness.
French philosophers with their emphasis upon language and symbolic =
processes
descend from Descartes who declared, "I think, therefore I am." Far =
greater
numbers of people in the civilized world believe it is more accurate to
state, "I am, therefore I think."
To analyze ideologies of destruction and self-destruction, it is =
necessary
to become capable of dis-identifying with them; of experiencing them as
separate from the self. It is not productive to "fight" an ideology. In
waging war against an ideology, one becomes part of it. War against the
ideology becomes a struggle against part of the self.
It is necessary to distance oneself from "good" ideologies (those that =
one
believes in) as well as from "evil" ideologies. Just because everyone =
else
in society attaches to an ideology doesn't mean one has to do so =
oneself.
Just because everyone believes that something is true, this doesn't mean
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it
is true. Just because everyone believes that there is no truth this =
doesn't
mean that truth doesn't exist. Before Galileo, most people believed that
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the
sun revolved around the earth.
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To join the listserv IDEOLOGIES OF WAR AND TERROR, please send an e-mail
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to
Orion Anderson at
oanderson@ideologiesofwar.com
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