conformity

Wrestling With An Angel: Simone Weil and the “Destruction of I”

by Joe Weil Arts & Society

Wrestling With An Angel: Simone Weil and the “Destruction of I”

By Joe Weil

Simone Weil’s “hell” sounds like my concept of conformity: hell is an illusion of being–appearance, semiotics, that which conforms to a construct but without true obedience.

Aug

01

2012

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Simone Weil’s “hell” sounds like my concept of conformity: hell is an illusion of being–appearance, semiotics, that which conforms to a construct but without true obedience.

How Perfect Obedience Destroys: Reflections on Falstaff, the Beats, and others

by Joe Weil Arts & Society

How Perfect Obedience Destroys: Reflections on Falstaff, the Beats, and others

By Joe Weil

No system can endure perfection.

Jul

18

2012

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No system can endure perfection.

Obedience Versus Conformity: Teaching and Goals

by Joe Weil Arts & Society

Obedience Versus Conformity: Teaching and Goals

By Joe Weil

Conformists are the gate keepers of both the establishment and anti-establishment orders.

Jul

12

2012

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Conformists are the gate keepers of both the establishment and anti-establishment orders.

Teaching Poetry: Obedience vs. Conformity

by Joe Weil Poetry and Poetics

Teaching Poetry: Obedience vs. Conformity

By Joe Weil

We must teach our students to reinvent the wheel over and over again, to go back to origins and test them.

Mar

28

2012

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We must teach our students to reinvent the wheel over and over again, to go back to origins and test them.