Spivak sez...

[Jim heartfield]

In message <v0421011bb42a6aec6408@[166.84.250.86]>, Doug Henwood
<dhenwood at panix.com> writes
>Jim heartfield wrote:
>
>>Apart from that, I am of course deeply prejudiced
>>against her because she denounced me as a 'racist' on the grounds that I
>>quoted Francis Bacon, and therefore supported the colonisation of nature
>>by reason (as I've related before).
>
>This sounds very odd, especially since she spoke at some length about 
>her admiration of Kant despite his malignant racism, and about the 
>critical use of the Enlightenment. Of course there's no guarantee 
>that people are consistent across time and space.

Well, what can I say? Maybe she has mellowed, or maybe I got the wrong
end of the stick. Anyway, I am happy to endorse Spivak's admiration for
Kant.
-- 
Jim heartfield