CCR711 – Miller – The Formation of College English

Miller, Thomas P. The Formation of College English: Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the British Cultural Provinces. Pittsburgh, Pa: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997. Much of the work that Miller does in this work is to demonstrate how English studies were reduced to literary studies (rhetoric and composition were stripped from the curriculum).  To achieve this Miller works an argument that traces the influences of Scottish professors whose roots in moral philosophy and faith... Read More

CCR711 – Miller – What Should College English Be. . . Doing?

Miller, Thomas. “What Should College English Be… Doing?” College English 69 2 (2006): 150-55. Print. As with much of his work, Miller traces some of the binary-based themes about English in this article.  Miller starts by noting how most conversations about English studies have traditionally centered around the question of what English is to what it’s teachers and students should be doing.  Other discussions of English have focused on its role as a discipline... Read More

CCR711 – Levinson – Mismanaging Globalization

Levinson, Mark. “Mismanaging Globalization.” Dissent 48 4 (Fall 2001): 5. Print. Anticipating the argument that Kellner makes in his article “Theorizing Globalization,” Levinson argues that globalization is a far more complex movement that requires more nuanced ethical understandings than “good” and “bad.”  Though decidedly against the globalization of financial and trade markets, Levinson does recognize that globalization is something to be managed, not... Read More

CCR711 – Kish – IP Security

Kish, Dennis. “IP Security: A Challenge for the Global Community.” EDN 49 25 (2004): 118. Print. Kish presents a plethora of statistics in this piece that demonstrate how low-cost labor, low-cost engineering talent, and low-cost manufacture in developing nations like China is leading a lot of electronics manufacture to non-developed countries.  For countries shifting their industrial production to developing nations, intellectual property rights issues are becoming... Read More

CCR711 – Kellner – Theorizing Globalization

Kellner, Douglas. “Theorizing Globalization.” Sociological Theory 20 3 (2002): 285-305. Print. Kellner’s essay is a theoretical articulation of the transformations in global economy, politics, and culture made possible through the reciprocal relationship between technological and communicative revolutions and the global restructuring of capitalism.  He hopes to understand globalization as a dialectic between the progressive and emancipatory features and oppressive/negative... Read More