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...Staff writer Romina Garber can be reached at rgarber@fas.harvard.edu...
...Staff writer Romina Garber can be reached at rgarber@fas.harvard.edu...
...introductory speech at a conference entitled, “The Humanities and Moral Authority” this past weekend, Marjorie Garber, Kenan Professor of English Literature, spoke about the relationship between language and war, arguing that the polemical nature of language—its ability to contest meaning and incite debate—makes it central to understanding war. If the stated purpose of war in Iraq is to bring democracy into the region, and the purpose of democracies is to create societies in which free speech and artistic expression can flourish, then it is with no small amount...
...Although Garber, speaking in a roomful of fellow humanities professors, may have been preaching to the converted, I think her speech has implications outside of the walls of the Barker Center. What is most troubling about this war is the Bush administration’s use (or misuse) of language, its refusal to confront the moral complexities of a situation that makes its moral platitudes irrelevant and irresponsible. As we go barreling into a war that involves regional instability and international discord, it seems reckless to have only two words in our diplomatic arsenal: “good?...
...Staff writer Romina Garber can be reached at rgarber@fas.harvard.edu...