Jack - the thing you really have to remember is that this no longer
the 1970s or 1980s.
The response to your 1970s work, that you describe in your writings,
is no longer valid. It is similar to Freire's praisal of Mao which
always sends me to fury.
You can very easily back up a dialectical, living and embodied,
approach with resources.
The responses you describe in your writings are no longer valid and
reflect poorly on the party that makes it. It is the one that comes
up badly.
And, there is the awful cliche of getting flies with honey and not vinegar.
Personally, I am very happy to see how I get very positive responses
and agreements to host and help with my applied dialectical method
that flips and turns/transforms psychology and the health, social and
human sciences from the science of expaining human phenomena
propositionally into the dialectical science of working to actually
improving and empowering individuals? wellbeing, dignity and quality
of life throghh both verbalisation and practice (namely, praxis),
reflection and dialogue. Education is learning to improve and empower
individuals? quality of life, dignity and wellbeing through
reflection, dialogue and praxis. The explanation of the human subject,
behaviour, cognition, socialisation and existence is to be approached
and studied within this dialectics.
When I first made this point, I was laughed at. No one laughs at me
now but want to understand. And I do a literature critique that
explains and problematise my somewhat radical ideas.
Alon
Quoting Jack Whitehead <[log in to unmask]>:
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> On 26 Sep 2011, at 14:57, Alon Serper wrote:
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>> You have to delete this section and completely redo it.
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> Many thanks Alon. I agree - I'm working on it and hope to have a
> replacement up and running in a week....
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> Love Jack.
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