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The following message, slightly edited here, was posted to an email list. New critical theory (NCT) is also known as postmodern critical theory. It is similar, though not identical, to critical...
View ArticlePaulo Freire
Here is the late Brazilian educator, Paulo Freire, discussing Karl Marx. Freire is one of the key figures, some would say the founder, of critical pedagogy (teaching as emancipation). I incorporate...
View ArticleOfficial Proclamation of UN Public Service Day
For Immediate Release [first published on May 21, 2009] The League to Fight Neurelitism, as a nonpartisan public sociology and advocacy journalism project, supports the application of United Nations...
View ArticlePosition Statement on Conscientization
For Immediate Release [first published on May 31, 2009] The League to Fight Neurelitism operates as a nonpartisan public sociology and advocacy journalism project. It fully supports the consistent...
View ArticleMethodologies for the Study of the Disabled
I have been refining the methodology for my long-term critical sociology project. The following paragraphs, taken from my methodology paper, are particularly relevant in detailing some of the...
View ArticleAnother Excerpt from the Methodology Paper
Here, again, is an excerpt from my revised methodology paper. The following is taken from the opening section: This project’s emancipatory research methodology, focusing on the construction of online...
View ArticleMiscellaneous Postings
Goldie Hawn and Buddhist Mindfulness I saw the wonderful Goldie Hawn today on Hardball, an MSNBC program hosted by Chris Matthews. Hawn, a self-described Jewish Buddhist, discussed her Hawn Foundation...
View ArticleCultural Liberalism and Voluntary Religious Associations
I am a socialist, not a social liberal, but I have been a cultural liberal for as long as I can remember. Since my diagnosis as an Autistic and after, subsequently, achieving a degree of...
View ArticleOfficial Proclamation of United We Serve
For Immediate Release [first published on June 21, 2009] The The League to Fight Neurelitism, a public sociology and an advocacy journalism project, supports a consistent application of United Nations...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Neo-Marxists: Paulo Freire and Saul Alinksy
I have been reading afresh, and reflecting upon, the neo-Marxisms of Paulo Freire (1921-1997) and Saul Alinsky (1909-1972). For anyone who is unfamiliar with the ideas of these two writers, I strongly...
View ArticleOfficial Proclamation of International Day of Cooperatives
For Immediate Release [first published on July 4, 2009] The League to Fight Neurelitism, a nonpartisan public sociology and advocacy journalism project, supports the consistent application of United...
View ArticlePoll on Capitalist Oppression
Please respond to this poll on the relation between capitalism and oppression. Take Our Poll Posted in Autism Rights
View ArticleMethodology
This is the entire first part of my methodology paper: A research methodology, as an instantiation of the scientific method, incorporates more than research techniques or “methods,” such as participant...
View ArticleA Brief Note on Critical Pedagogy
In the morning, I will be flying off to the Autism Society of America (ASA) annual conference in suburban Chicago. I am both pleased and highly enthusiastic to be attending. It will be my first ASA...
View ArticlePosition Statement on Critical Development
For Immediate Release [first published on July 29, 2009] The League to Fight Neurelitism, a public sociology and an advocacy journalism project, actively promotes the consistent application of United...
View ArticleName Changes
For Immediate Release [first published on September 7, 2009] Effective immediately, The League to Fight Neurelitism is The Collective to Fight Neurelitism. Additionally, the founding director of The...
View ArticleMy Meltdown
I am presently coming out of a meltdown. During these periods, which have at times lasted a few years, I discontinue most activities which are not directly related to my academic position. The...
View ArticleEmancipatory Constructionism
The following is an introduction to my theoretical framework: The explicit objective of the transdisciplinary new critical theory used by The Institute for Emancipatory Constructionism™, designated as...
View ArticleInternet Learning Resources Media
I have created a blogging and podcasting portal, Internet Learning Resources Media™. This blog, two others, and my podcasts are linked from it: www.ILRM.info Mark A. Foster Posted in Autism Rights
View ArticleName Changes
For Immediate Release [first published on September 6, 2011] As is obvious from the header of the page, I have changed the name of this website once again. Perhaps I will eventually get it right. I...
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