Dana Bolton
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Re: System of Obedience
Carl, I have similar questions about origin. While writing this, I felt like I was discovering something original, but then it dawned on me that this is nothing new it. It is a system that has been in place for a long time, with minor tweaks integrated to ... -
Re: System of Obedience
Preface. When i wrote this, I was in no way assuming the readers were thinking I was speaking for our group, but rather only for myself. I found my own reactions were the only ones I could speak definitively on. I made assumptions about our entire group f ... -
Re: System of Obedience
I think I covered the first part of your questions in other responses in terms of obedience being a part of everyday life. I would expand that idea with this. After reading numerous responses on this essay, I looked for some scholarly support of my argume ... -
Re: System of Obedience
I think there are two seperate ways to consider this [a]"craft." In one sense, it is something we all shape and get extremely skilled at reinforcing. While "crafting" this idea, I was brought back to Foucault in "Panopticism" ... -
Re: System of Obedience
That's something I hadn't considered, the idea of standing out by trying to not stand out. It poses a tricky consideration. I focused most this report on extraverted responses, and my obvious discomfort with projecting my own. While I would conc ... -
Re: Congregation
Re: Congregation
In regards to group disobedience, I think there are obvious examples that are prevalent currently and easily spotted. For instance, what is taking hold of the news cycle right now? Ferguson, Missouri, the death of one its citizens, and groups that have fo ... -
Re: System of Obedience
I think there are two seperate ways to consider this [a]"craft." In one sense, it is something we all shape and get extremely skilled at reinforcing. While "crafting" this idea, I was brought back to Foucault in "Panopticism" ...