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What is the "thang?"

Robinson's Metamorphosis and the thang

Criminal Law and Civilization's Pathology

Vietnam and "the reconciliation of freedom and the state."

Other pathways to the thang

Kafka,

Gladiators

Conclusion

-- By MinKyungLee - 13 Feb 2012

One of the first lessons that we learned in this class is that critical thinking does not necessarily involve challenging a person's idea. Rather, I believe our analysis of readings has been centered around trying to really understand what the author is trying to say. In other words, instead of criticizing the ideas presented in the paper, we try to sneak into the minds of the author and take a journey to follow where his ideas lead us. In exercising this method of analysis, the most interesting place our discussion has led me is to Robinson's idea of thang. In class, we tried to figure out what the thang was. This essay is my private attempt to extend that exercise and present where Robinson has taken me with his idea of thang.

Robinson's Metamorphosis and the thang

Criminal Law and Civilization's Pathology

Vietnam and "the reconciliation of freedom and the state."

Other pathways to the thang

Kafka,

Gladiators

Conclusion

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