Homi Bhabha: Writing Rights and Responsibilities

Harvard Professor Homi Bhabha is the author of The Location of Culture and the forthcoming A Measure of Dwelling. His research interests are extraordinarily wide-ranging and include colonial and post-colonial theory, cosmopolitanism, 19th and 20th century British and other English-speaking literatures, semiotics, theories of ethics, psychoanalysis, and questions of culture. Sponsored by the "Critical Issues in America" endowment at UCSB. Series: "Humanitas" [10/2004] [Public Affairs] [Humanities] [Show ID: 8903]

Category:

Education

Tags:

• culture
• literature
• semiotics

[jacksonhansonjackson]

A brilliant con man. Quite possibly the greatest intellectual scam artist in the academy today. Behind that wall of pretentious nonsense, I can hear the laughter of a stunningly intelligent joker as he cashes his pay cheque at the bank.

[Alessandro1985]

The strange thing is how anybody in the audience manages to keep themselves from laughing. All the American students are, no doubt, sitting there, with an attentive expression on their faces, as if they were listening to an intelligent speech. In reality, Bhabha strings together random combinations of pseudo-academic jargo and lingo, maybe occasionally rising to make a meaningful but unfortunately vacuous point.

[SeedsofJoy]

I honestly don't think he really said anything overly difficult or incomprehensible in this talk.

[jemimallah]

its like watching someone take an hour and a half to blow their nose

[retrodrood]

BHABHA AND HIS FAG TALK AGAIN

[scholar1972]

@bigman25plus25 Get an education

[fayebabacar]

though written or spoken through elitist literature, I think that the message Bhabha is trying to convey is quite comprehensible for those who really want to COMPREHEND.

[bigman25plus25]

if you actually figure out what he's saying, it's very interesting.

[45acrobat]

Ditto to what all the smart people said...which is essentially the question, "what the hell is the ol' guy rambling about now?"

[aburashdan]

the people who are passing vile comments are simply reacting to the sheer size of the mental deluge gushing through the various cavities of their constipated souls clogged with greasy moss of dead habits, rusted in the hard wind of rapacious ignorance.

[2010desigirl]

"He has mastered the art of the vague that sounds profound" - wow that's a fine smirk!

[Numetalsucks]

Big Words. Small ideas.