Butler (Re: cop shows, postmodernism and all that

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Mon Feb 8 09:10:55 PST 1999


Frances Bolton wrote:


>This sentiment has been expressed a number of times. I still don't know why
>we have to take such a consequentialist view of reading Butler. Why isn't it
>enough that her work is interesting? Why must it contribute to furthering
>the cause of the left? I can't remember anyone on this list suggesting
>falling behind the Butler banner, as opposed to that of, oh, let's say Marx.
>What's up with this "oh but is it good for the left?" litmus test, anyway?

A test that Alexander Pope would fail miserably, no? Not to mention Emily Dickinson and Stereo Total.

Doug



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