Habermas and Nature

i spent yesterday completely computer free!! yes, folks, it can be done.

instead of commuting all the way to södertörns (it takes me about 45 minutes on a good day), i decided to stay at home and read for class. i took a little excursion to one of the lakes that is about a 5 minute walk from my room. i found this huge boulder, plopped myself down, soaked up the sun, and read for the majority of the day. i did take a few breaks to wilder-pee, nearly a mistake as i encountered some ladies on their lunch break right as i was zipping up my pants! yikes!

in case any of you are interested, i was reading about habermas' social theory about the historical creation and degeneration of the public and private spheres. i have found that it isn't very complicated in principle, but that habermas and all involved in critiquing his work find it necessary to use rather inflated language. i spent the majority of the day with this puzzled look on my face. i am sure that the people who passed by thought i was solving one of the great imponderables of life.

the coolest part of the whole day was when theres walked into the kitchen around 11 p.m. i told her what i had been reading and she nodded her head. apparently she has spent a lot of her own time reading about this as it pertains to the schooling methods in sweden... how children no longer develop solely in the private sphere created by their parents, but rather, are thrust into the public life at very young ages (day care-ish time) where they immediately soak all this in!!

so, that's what i did yesterday....