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slytherin consulting and marxist narnia
Sep. 7th, 2008 12:33 amI doubt I would enjoy a job in consulting and finance, but I figure I would go to the alumni networking fair because it is a Good Opportunity and I might Learn Something. So there I was, listening to insider tips about resumes ("they will notice if your dashes are different") and shmoozing ("NEVER stop networking"), and I thought to me, "Man, what a bunch of Slytherins. What a Slytherin event this is."
But Slytherin isn't a Thing, you know; none of the houses are. They are a How, not a What. Hogwarts ought to rotate students from house to house. The Slytherin way of thinking, the Ravenclaw way of thinking, etc. They ought to just get rid of the house system altogether.
And then there are the readings for my sociological theory class, which shouldn't really make me think of Narnia, but does.
On reconciling Narnia and England: "Feuerbach's work consists in resolving the religious world into its secular basis. He overlooks the fact that after completing this work, the secular basis and its contradictions must be understood and then, by the removal of its contradictions, revolutionized in practice. After the earthly family is discovered to be secret of the holy family, the former must then itself be criticised in theory and revolutionized in practice."
-- from Marx's Theses on Feuerbach
and in this model, would narnia be religious or secular??
My professor says, "The heartbreaking thing is that victory brings with it the destruction of identity." And sure, he was talking about the proletariat and emancipation theory, but I was thinking about Susan.
But Slytherin isn't a Thing, you know; none of the houses are. They are a How, not a What. Hogwarts ought to rotate students from house to house. The Slytherin way of thinking, the Ravenclaw way of thinking, etc. They ought to just get rid of the house system altogether.
And then there are the readings for my sociological theory class, which shouldn't really make me think of Narnia, but does.
On reconciling Narnia and England: "Feuerbach's work consists in resolving the religious world into its secular basis. He overlooks the fact that after completing this work, the secular basis and its contradictions must be understood and then, by the removal of its contradictions, revolutionized in practice. After the earthly family is discovered to be secret of the holy family, the former must then itself be criticised in theory and revolutionized in practice."
-- from Marx's Theses on Feuerbach
and in this model, would narnia be religious or secular??
My professor says, "The heartbreaking thing is that victory brings with it the destruction of identity." And sure, he was talking about the proletariat and emancipation theory, but I was thinking about Susan.