Alex Cockburn writes....

[Steve Perry]

yes, such an analysis would be interesting, and i even wrote
a few columns containing the rudiments of such an analysis
four or five years ago. and all i want to say is--as i find
myself thinking practically every time i hear this or that
continental theorist lobbed at an idea/situation--i see no
reason you need zizek or any other poststructuralist to do
such an analysis. all they contribute to the process is a
lot of mystifications and muddy rhetoric.

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Doug Henwood
Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 1999 10:18 PM
To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
Subject: RE: Alex Cockburn writes....

Steve Perry wrote:


>but doesn't the theoretician to whom you play love-slave
>consider himself a lacanian?

Yes, but a politicized, more-or-less Marxist Lacanian.

Speaking of which, a Zizekian approach to the whole Satanic ritual 
abuse madness might be very fruitful. It seems to me there's a 
collective fantasy apparatus at work there, a playing out of 
anxieties about changed family structures, gender relations, and 
childcare arrangements, compounded by profound anxieties about the 
sexuality of children filtered through American piety. It'd be nice 
if Alex had written a column about that, but we all know that guys 
with guns are more fun to think about.

Doug