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Tyrus Miller @MillerTyrus

Dean of the School of Humanities & Professor of English & Art History at UC Irvine. Interests include modernism/avant-garde, critical theory, higher ed policy.

Joined May 2013
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Literally no one would ever design a website like @Avis if the intention was to allow a customer to contact the company to ask a question or address a problem. “Customer service,” according to Avis.
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Avis's so-called "customer service" is an evasive labyrinth. It's worse than nothing at all. It's a time-wasting attempt intentionally designed to get you to give up in frustration. ☹️☹️☹️@Avis
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In 1950, 31 U of California faculty were dismissed for refusing to sign an anti-communist oath during the Cold War. Read about this history and its significance for academic freedom today. humanities.uci.edu/news/swor…

Sworn to Obey: The California Loyalty Oath Crisis and Academic Freedom

Dean of UCI School of Humanities on the 75-year history of the California Loyalty Oath within the University of California

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All Along the Watchtower: Aesthetic Revolution in the United States During the 1960s academia.edu/38735516/All_Al… via @academia

All Along the Watchtower: Aesthetic Revolution in the United States During the 1960s

All Along the Watchtower: Aesthetic Revolution in the United States During the 1960s

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Arrested Development Immaturity and Historicity in Wyndham Lewis's The Tyro academia.edu/52363234/Arrest… via @academia

Arrested Development Immaturity and Historicity in Wyndham Lewis's The Tyro

The paper discusses Wyndham Lewis's short-lived post-WWI journal The Tyro, which occupies a critically under-discussed position in Lewis's artistic and literary corpus. I argue that the notion of the...

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"Objective Possibility" in Lukács's History and Class Consciousness academia.edu/122127241/_Obje… via @academia

"Objective Possibility" in Lukács's History and Class Consciousness

This study explores the pivotal concept of "objective possibility" within Lukács's History and Class Consciousness, a concept that has received less attention compared to more prominent ideas such as...

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Modernism and the Frankfurt School academia.edu/6422187/Moderni… via @academia

Modernism and the Frankfurt School

This new series of monographs reflects the range of recent research in modernist studies, contributing to the interdisciplinary and cross-cultural expansion of the field.

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Georg Lukács and Critical Theory: Aesthetic, History, Utopia (open access e-book) academia.edu/86590453/Georg_… via @academia

Georg Lukács and Critical Theory: Aesthetic, History, Utopia (open access e-book)

This book examines the heritage of critical theory from the Hungarian Marxist philosopher Georg Lukács through the early Frankfurt School up to current issues of authoritarian politics and democrat...

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I'm sharing my "how I see it" essay on academic freedom, seen through the historic lens of the California loyalty oath controversy of 1949-50, at the beginning of the Cold War. humanities.uci.edu/news/swor… #academicfreedom

Sworn to Obey: The California Loyalty Oath Crisis and Academic Freedom

Dean of UCI School of Humanities on the 75-year history of the California Loyalty Oath within the University of California

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⁦@UCIHumanities⁩ ⁦@UCIrvine⁩
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Fifteen languages taught in UC Irvine’s School of Humanities! Come make your world a little wider! ⁦@UCIHumanities⁩ ⁦@UCIrvine⁩
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"Objective Possibility" in Lukács's History and Class Consciousness academia.edu/122127241/_Obje… via @academia

"Objective Possibility" in Lukács's History and Class Consciousness

This study explores the pivotal concept of "objective possibility" within Lukács's History and Class Consciousness, a concept that has received less attention compared to more prominent ideas such as...

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Book available open access for free download: edinburghuniversitypress.com…
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Book available open access for free download: edinburghuniversitypress.com…
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Georg Lukács and Critical Theory: Aesthetic, History, Utopia (open access e-book) academia.edu/86590453/Georg_… via @academia

Georg Lukács and Critical Theory: Aesthetic, History, Utopia (open access e-book)

This book examines the heritage of critical theory from the Hungarian Marxist philosopher Georg Lukács through the early Frankfurt School up to current issues of authoritarian politics and democrat...

academia.edu
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Tyrus Miller retweeted
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"Objective Possibility" in Lukács's History and Class Consciousness academia.edu/122127241/_Obje… via @academia

"Objective Possibility" in Lukács's History and Class Consciousness

This study explores the pivotal concept of "objective possibility" within Lukács's History and Class Consciousness, a concept that has received less attention compared to more prominent ideas such as...

academia.edu
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Modernism and the Frankfurt School (open access) academia.edu/6422187/Moderni… via @academia
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