Eric J WeinerOther People’s Children: The Struggle for Moral Clarity at the BorderNelson Mandela said, “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” Echoing his…Apr 28, 2021Apr 28, 2021
Eric J WeinerSequestered Spaces, Public Places: Identity Politics, The Neoliberal University, And The Crisis Of…An intransigent form of identity politics in combination with neoliberal ideology has left the modern university, if not in ruins, then…Apr 19, 2021Apr 19, 2021
Eric J WeinerIn Pursuit of Radical PleasureCaring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. — Audre LordeApr 19, 2021Apr 19, 2021
Eric J WeinerLearning to LazeFrom Saint Pélagie Prison in 1883, Paul Lafargue wrote The Right to Be Lazy, an anti-capitalist polemic that challenged the hegemony of…Apr 19, 2021Apr 19, 2021
Eric J WeinerThe Things We Schlep: A Short Cultural Study Of Type 1 DiabetesThe word “schlep” comes from the Yiddish “schlepn,” which means to drag or haul. You don’t have to be Jewish to be a schlepper, although…Apr 19, 2021Apr 19, 2021
Eric J WeinerWhat’s Love Got To Do With It?Love takes off the masks that we fear we cannot live without and know we cannot live within. I use the word “love” here not merely in the…Apr 19, 2021Apr 19, 2021
Eric J WeinerThe Responsibility of Intellectuals who TeachThere are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true. ― Soren KierkegaardApr 19, 2021Apr 19, 2021
Eric J WeinerSole Craft and Soul CraftQuarantined, sheltered, holed-up, bunkered, hiding, homebound, trapped–whatever you want to call it–I am, probably (hopefully) like you…Apr 19, 2021Apr 19, 2021
Eric J WeinerThe MisEducation of White FolksWhat does it mean to be white in America in 2020? As Boots Riley points out to Dick Doolittle in the opening exchange to the song The Coup…Apr 19, 2021Apr 19, 2021