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The CCRA blog is authored by Columbia undergraduate researchers, who are invited to reflect on all aspects of the research process and their own undergraduate research experiences, beginning (but not ending) with the Core.
Category Archives: Contemporary Civilization
Al-Ghazzali & the Core, or, A Mystically Informed Approach to CC
It’s almost a bit of a joke in Middle Eastern Studies that Descartes stole ‘I think, therefore I am’ from Abu Hamid al-Ghazzali. The argument is convincing, though al-Ghazzali would have to step into the longer line of people Descartes … Continue reading
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We Are All Foucauldians Now
Of all the writers on the Contemporary Civilization syllabus, few are as misunderstood and routinely misappropriated as Michel Foucault. That should come as a surprise, given that Foucault is one of the most frequently cited academic authors of all time, … Continue reading
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