"the truth of statements is linked in the last analysis to the intention of the good and true life." - Jurgen Habermas. Knowledge and Human Interests, p. 317.

So, apparently, (according to Kristeva) when we expel feces or menstruate, it reminds us of the traumatic separation from our parents when we discover we are separate beings ( Read more... )

Hmm. I've been reading a lot about critical theory and critical pedagogy these days- Paulo Friere's Pedagogy of Indignation, Myles Horton/Paulo Freire's We Make the Road by Walking, The Penguin Dictionary of Critical Theory, a book about critical theory and marxism ( Read more... )