Sadie Plant (Re: postmodernism and neoclassical economics

[Frances Bolton]

Can someone please explain to me the appeal of Sadie Plant? I found Ones and
Zeroes to be a deeply irritating and nonsensical book. I wanted to like it,
really. I still do. Is her other cybergrrrl stuff better?

frances
-----Original Message-----
From: Yoshie Furuhashi <furuhashi.1 at osu.edu>
To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
Date: Wednesday, February 03, 1999 2:47 PM
Subject: Re: postmodernism and neoclassical economics


>Curtiss to Angela:
>>     > i don't think postmodernism is a volutarism.  some versions of it
>>     > perhaps, tho i can't even think of any to be honest.  (here's a
>>     > dare: name one pomo writer who thinks that identities can be
chosen?
>>
>>     And I'm reckless enough to reply: Sadie Plant (_Zeroes and Ones_)
>
>I've found Sadie Plant on the net, and I'd have to say Curtiss's example
>illustrates the voluntarism bit nicely. Check it out for yourself.
>
>BINARY SEXES, BINARY CODES by Sadie Plant
><http://www.t0.or.at/sadie/binary.htm>.
>
>Yoshie