Quite some time ago I had been producing a special journal, The JOE Journal – The Journal of Epistemology. I produced several issues and then became sidelined doing so many other projects. I appreciate the contributors to those previous journals! The writings are really quite interesting and timeless, so if you have time, you might like to review them. The Journal is free to download (links below).

One thing Beloved had always wanted was a place to do critical reviews of various articles, books, music, etc. He has now asked me to open up the journal for this purpose. Of course, we will be using his philosophical guidance and brilliant thought to guide us in this form of “multidimensional critical complex epistemological analysis.” I will provide more information soon, but for the first revival of his journal, we have chosen the following topic:

*A critical review of the new edition of the book The Stigma of Genius published in 2020 in comparison with the original edition written in 1990, which Beloved had edited.

We want a detailed analysis of what changed, what new terms and definitions have been added, what has been deleted, how MEANING has changed, who does this help? Who does this harm? And why was it done? etc. He wants students to become like investigators and describe their findings. He discusses this approach in his Social Studies book, Getting Beyond the Facts, Chapter 18. "Fingerprints at the Crime Scene: Power, Knowledge Production, and a Critical Democratic Social Studies."

I did a very brief analysis, really just a cursory writing of the new edition of The Stigma of Genius, titled:

Eros's UNIVERSAL LOVE CELEBRATION Day 3 April 3, 2023:
My Gift to Eros: A Brief Critique of the New Plagiarized, Moronic Edition of His Book, "The Stigma of Genius: Einstein, Consciousness, and Education" (How Enemies Destroy Good Works and Blaspheme Geniuses). It can be downloaded HERE.

The article needs to be greatly expanded upon to cover the entire book. It was just my first reaction to what I initially discovered in the new edition of the book (I was not happy with what I found, lol). We want students to come to understand why it’s so important to research and base their conclusions on original writings, not later, posthumous editions of works. Things have a way of being altered in later editions. The task of doing thorough research should include these sorts of analyses in order to get a bigger picture of the domain being studied.

No special qualifications are needed to submit an article and students can choose to do an overall review or select certain segments or chapters to focus on. As mentioned, Joe’s epistemological philosophy should form the foundation of the analyses. His red book (his Book of Love), i.e. Knowledge and Critical Pedagogy: An Introduction presents his terminology and their definitions that will be needed for the analysis. My dissertation also summarizes and demonstrates his philosophy, which might be helpful in understanding the approach.

This exercise is great for new students so that they become more familiar with Beloved’s powerful philosophy, and it will help them become more aware of how knowledge is censored, controlled, and dumbed down by those who have the power to do so. This has been done with knowledge for thousands of years, mostly under the radar. We know that Hermes had written many thousands of books, for example, and we only have a handful, some of them most likely plagiarized and changed.

Future editions of the Journal will focus on critical reviews of various works. If you have suggestions for topics, feel free to send them to the email address above.

$$$ YES!

We are actually going to give rewards for the best articles. Beloved has ALREADY given me the money to pay for the prizes. There will be at least six awards: One $500 award for the best, most thorough article, and five $100 prizes for runner-up articles. This has to be a first. But we always do things differently.