Theory

When I was a senior in college, I told Brian Roberts, one of my thesis advisors, that theory had become my Holy Grail. I imagine I said it with a gleam in my eye, for I was passionate, then. But I have quested for far longer than a year and a day and there is no longer a Round Table to which I might return, even should I drink of the cup. Solomon is reputed to have said, "There is no end to the making of books and in much study there is weariness for the flesh." I couldn't make sense of Ecclesiastes when I was younger. Now, I understand.
 
I have given a decade of my life to understanding the nature of power. In three years, I will lay down that quest. In three years time I will finish my dissertation and abandon forever the quest for theory. I will live as a human being ought to live, with music and love and good food and blessed peace of mind. I'm writing about identity and politics. The links below are to some of my papers.
 
Identity and Empathy
Agency and The Spirit of Heroism
Ideology as an Independent Variable
 
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