Alex Cockburn writes....

Steve Perry sperry at usinternet.com
Wed Nov 17 20:23:52 PST 1999


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----- From: owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com [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



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