I must go down and see the Sikh again. The lonely Sikh and the spy.
I woke up this morning with these words on my lips. They seemed to good just to throw away. What should I do with them? The first line of a novel? A poem perhaps?
I have taken up Geertz' Religion of Java again after putting it aside for while to get on with teaching and job hunting.
I had not realised how influential Geertz had been and how much he had been influenced by Weber, Ryle and Wittgenstein. It gives an interesting slant to his writing. I also discovered the text of Ant-anti Relativism online. Things have moved on but I think he still makes a powerful argument.
Not enough time to write, or even think about these things at the moment.
I was very taken with the description of Islamic pondok education as described in Religion of Java. It was a pay what you can and attend when and what you like, sort of thing for adults. Perhaps the nearest thing we have here is the University of Death, or the University of the Third Age as it is sometimes known.
Have any of you watched the recent BBC programmes The Year the Town Hall Shrank? It is about Stoke Council and the cuts to services. I'd be interested to know your reaction.
I mentioned the word 'rude' in the context of rude health a while back.
The Latin origin meaning coarse or crude has evolved into a multitude of meanings:
Impertinent; rough; uneven; shapeless; unfashioned; rugged; artless; unpolished; uncouth; inelegant; rustic; coarse; vulgar; clownish; raw; unskillful; untaught; illiterate; ignorant; uncivil; impolite; saucy; impudent; insolent; surly; currish; churlish; brutal; uncivilized; barbarous; savage; violent; fierce; tumultuous; turbulent; impetuous; boisterous; harsh; inclement; severe.
It seems odd that the expression 'rude health' has persisted especially with the suggestion that the opposite would make illness a rather refined and elegant state to be in. Somehow the meaning seems to have been turned on its head.
I can assure you my cold, that has moved from sneezing to coughing and spitting is better defined by the word rude than the good health that preceded it.
I woke up this morning with these words on my lips. They seemed to good just to throw away. What should I do with them? The first line of a novel? A poem perhaps?
I have taken up Geertz' Religion of Java again after putting it aside for while to get on with teaching and job hunting.
I had not realised how influential Geertz had been and how much he had been influenced by Weber, Ryle and Wittgenstein. It gives an interesting slant to his writing. I also discovered the text of Ant-anti Relativism online. Things have moved on but I think he still makes a powerful argument.
Not enough time to write, or even think about these things at the moment.
I was very taken with the description of Islamic pondok education as described in Religion of Java. It was a pay what you can and attend when and what you like, sort of thing for adults. Perhaps the nearest thing we have here is the University of Death, or the University of the Third Age as it is sometimes known.
Have any of you watched the recent BBC programmes The Year the Town Hall Shrank? It is about Stoke Council and the cuts to services. I'd be interested to know your reaction.
I mentioned the word 'rude' in the context of rude health a while back.
The Latin origin meaning coarse or crude has evolved into a multitude of meanings:
Impertinent; rough; uneven; shapeless; unfashioned; rugged; artless; unpolished; uncouth; inelegant; rustic; coarse; vulgar; clownish; raw; unskillful; untaught; illiterate; ignorant; uncivil; impolite; saucy; impudent; insolent; surly; currish; churlish; brutal; uncivilized; barbarous; savage; violent; fierce; tumultuous; turbulent; impetuous; boisterous; harsh; inclement; severe.
It seems odd that the expression 'rude health' has persisted especially with the suggestion that the opposite would make illness a rather refined and elegant state to be in. Somehow the meaning seems to have been turned on its head.
I can assure you my cold, that has moved from sneezing to coughing and spitting is better defined by the word rude than the good health that preceded it.