Category Archives: Communication Studies

Recommended Reading: Selfhood and Authenticity

June 7, 2009 – 9:41 pm

“Authenticity is a practice and habit of openness. It is the attempt to help free up others for their projects of care. It is an attempt to release beauty incorruptible.” – Corey Anton

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Where and When are Words? – A Video Lecture by Dr. Corey Anton

May 31, 2009 – 9:37 am

Dr. Corey Anton
Where and when are words?
May 2009

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Learn it by Heart

February 20, 2009 – 8:59 pm

“The most important tribute any human being can pay to a poem or a piece of prose he or she really loves is to learn it by heart. Not by brain, by heart; the expression is vital.” – George Steiner
Questions:
What are the differences between learning by heart and learning by brain?
How do those differences (heart [...]

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Communication!: A Radical Philosophy for Life’s #1 Problem

February 18, 2009 – 9:36 am

I have studied (and worked hard at understanding) the works of Lee Thayer since 2000 and am eagerly awaiting his newest book on Communication, Communication! A Radical Philosophy for Life’s #1 Problem to be released sometime this month (February) by Windsor Media Enterprises.
According to the WME website:
“Communication! begins with a half-dozen “Forewarnings,” such as [...]

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Fragments on an Unknown Language: Perplexed on a Sunday Morning

January 25, 2009 – 11:30 am

Listening to an unknown language, we are confronted with the limits of our imagination. Understanding nothing at all about a foreign language, yet listening closely, only results in a better understanding of not-knowing. In this case, we must ask questions. It is only through asking questions (learning how to ask the right questions) that we [...]

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