Radical Humility
Essays on Ordinary Acts
Published on 16. March 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-1-948742-96-2 (ISBN)
Description
Embrace a world in which you are not the center using lessons drawn from philosophy and personal experience.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-948742-96-2 (9781948742962)
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05/2024
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Persons
Rebekah Modrak is a writer and interventionist artist whose artworks resist consumer culture. Re Made Co. (remadeco.org) poses as an online "company" to recreate actual company Best Made Co., seller of $350 luxury hand-painted axes, by promoting ($350) artisanal toilet plungers. RETHINK SHINOLA (rethinkshinola.com) guides viewers through the Shinola company's past and present of marketing White supremacy. Hyperallergic, Core77, The Creators Project, Detroit MetroTimes, Design Observer, and other publications, have written about her work. She is a Professor in the Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan.
Jamie Lausch Vander Broek is a Librarian for Art & Design at the University of Michigan. This summer, she bought a book made of cheese for her library. You can read about it on saveur.com. She holds a tailored Master's degree from the U-M School of Information in Art and Art Museum Librarianship, and received a B.A. in Art History with a minor in Italian Studies from Wellesley College. Since arriving in Ann Arbor, she has been active in the local art and book communities, and is currently on the board of the Ann Arbor District Library.
Content
Introduction by Sarah Buss
as a new way of being in the world
Free Yourself By Choosing the Plain Crackers (Rebekah Modrak)
Escaping the Gravitational Pull of the Self (Jennifer Cole Wright)
Zabeulah's Lesson (Ruth Nicole Brown)
in order to learn and unlearn
Loving Knowledge Together: Socratic Humility (Agnes Callard)
Education is a Space to Change Your Mind (Troy Jollimore)
Trump, Arrogance, and American Democracy (Charles M. Blow)
as an alternative to hierarchy
Reconstructing Humility: From Obedience to Respect (Aaron Ahuvia and Jeremy Wood)
A Library is For You (Jamie Vander Broek)
Humus and the Humble Leader (Kevin Hamilton)
to prevent harm
Dismantling Fortress Medicine with Compassion and Honesty (Richard C. Boothman)
Admitting What You Don't Know is Hard to Do (Eranda Jayawickreme)
Don't Be a Know-it-all: Humility's Role in Important Relationships (Melissa Koenig and Valerie Tiberius)
in the foreground and background
Journalism in an Era of Likes, Follows, and Shares (Lynette Clemetson)
Textual Stealing?: Copyright, Race, and Elusive Justice (Gilbert B. Rodman)
In-Between Spaces (Ami Walsh)
even in moments of Humiliation
The Losers Guide to Winning: New Definitions of Success from Sport's Greatest Failures (Mickey Duzyj)
Epic Failures in 3D Printing (Nadia Danienta and Aric Rindfleisch)
Humility vs. Humiliation in Old Age (Russell Belk)
as possibility
Whiteness is Never Humble, Even When It Is (Tyler Denmead)
My Journey from Tech Sector to Kitchen (Kevin Em)
as a new way of being in the world
Free Yourself By Choosing the Plain Crackers (Rebekah Modrak)
Escaping the Gravitational Pull of the Self (Jennifer Cole Wright)
Zabeulah's Lesson (Ruth Nicole Brown)
in order to learn and unlearn
Loving Knowledge Together: Socratic Humility (Agnes Callard)
Education is a Space to Change Your Mind (Troy Jollimore)
Trump, Arrogance, and American Democracy (Charles M. Blow)
as an alternative to hierarchy
Reconstructing Humility: From Obedience to Respect (Aaron Ahuvia and Jeremy Wood)
A Library is For You (Jamie Vander Broek)
Humus and the Humble Leader (Kevin Hamilton)
to prevent harm
Dismantling Fortress Medicine with Compassion and Honesty (Richard C. Boothman)
Admitting What You Don't Know is Hard to Do (Eranda Jayawickreme)
Don't Be a Know-it-all: Humility's Role in Important Relationships (Melissa Koenig and Valerie Tiberius)
in the foreground and background
Journalism in an Era of Likes, Follows, and Shares (Lynette Clemetson)
Textual Stealing?: Copyright, Race, and Elusive Justice (Gilbert B. Rodman)
In-Between Spaces (Ami Walsh)
even in moments of Humiliation
The Losers Guide to Winning: New Definitions of Success from Sport's Greatest Failures (Mickey Duzyj)
Epic Failures in 3D Printing (Nadia Danienta and Aric Rindfleisch)
Humility vs. Humiliation in Old Age (Russell Belk)
as possibility
Whiteness is Never Humble, Even When It Is (Tyler Denmead)
My Journey from Tech Sector to Kitchen (Kevin Em)