Reconcilling epistemes
It is best to begin this blog by outlining some of my intellectual absorption and obsession. I have to admit that I came from a highly eclectic background; to many, I epitomize the very personification of the dilletantte in this age of professional specialization. Yet, I want to argue that it is this very unstructured and unformal nature of my thoughts and personality, one that is at once ambitious and idealistic in its intellectual project. But unlike a blog which was more haphazard, in this blog, I intend to explore ideas which I will follow through in the form of academic papers, semi-intellectual (but more researched articles which I may eventually elsewhere), fictional works and finally, culminating in a dissertation project. I already have a different blog by which I look at my more random thoughts that I like to communicate to the world, http://scandalousthoughts.wordpress.com/, that actually needs more regular updates, and which I will begin updating with some thoughts I have...