tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post1983122533539681687..comments2023-10-01T01:56:19.699-07:00Comments on You Made Me Theorize: Women in the Hands of . . . ?Joseph P. Fisherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12757706787232014827noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-73192271322441692252011-02-04T13:31:52.319-08:002011-02-04T13:31:52.319-08:00Of course not! Granted, critical theory has made m...Of course not! Granted, critical theory has made my brain hurt at times, it has ultimately changed my life for the better!<br /><br />Haha, I actually meant that contestants on The Bachelor seem a bit delusional - not love in general.MMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11772474168388069197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-55601909352783399312011-02-04T12:40:31.812-08:002011-02-04T12:40:31.812-08:00MM, how wonderful to hear from you! Now what'...MM, how wonderful to hear from you! Now what's all this about true love being delusional? I don't remember you being so cynical. Is it that critical theory stuff that did it to you?Joseph P. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12757706787232014827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-24157542534561543212011-02-03T08:33:16.240-08:002011-02-03T08:33:16.240-08:00It definitely seems like that is what's connec...It definitely seems like that is what's connecting Edwards' ode to his wife and contestants' feelings for The Bachelor -- that love is destiny.<br /><br />On the other hand, if Sarah Pierpont happened to be a "sinful" or provocative woman, perhaps Edwards wouldn't be so willing to sing her praise. Edwards is happily writing of his destined love because Pierpont conforms (morally and religiously) to everything he believes in. (At least that's what I'm guessing).<br /><br />Likewise, each contestant on The Bachelor idealizes the bachelor to be perfect - their one true destined love. I think its all a bit delusional to be honest, but I digressMMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11772474168388069197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5756292796580291035.post-41309412880891075712011-02-03T07:23:48.218-08:002011-02-03T07:23:48.218-08:00To avoid being a sinner, I can only respond truthf...To avoid being a sinner, I can only respond truthfully: It would be nice if all participants on reality television shows of all kinds would be cast into the pit of hell. Forever.<br /><br />Edwards, though. What a dog!<br /><br />I think--and some of our class discussions have touched on this point--a lot of this has to do with our ways of interpreting the world. Does Edwards believe that his marriage is destiny? Do we believe the same about our relationships? (The latter question, of course, extends Mer Klein's points about <i>The Bachelor</i>.) How do we see the role of (manifest?) destiny in our lives? <br /><br />I could push things a bit here to go back to Hegel, who believed that Spirit (his term, not mine) sort-of ran history, causing it to tumble through that thesis-antithesis-synthesis dialectic. How did such a thing happen? What was Spirit? No real answers there. Nevertheless, that was his <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=GLMq4zWW1vQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=philosophy+of+history&hl=en&ei=3cdKTYX9MsG88gbIwO2MDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false" rel="nofollow">philosophy of history</a>. Thoughts?Joseph P. Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12757706787232014827noreply@blogger.com