The *New Politics* section I was referring to was the edition of *New Politics* , which Michael Sprinkler editted, in which about 5-8 writers reviewed Ahmad's book, including Sprinkler and then Ahmad responded. It was there that it is clear that the strategy of the critics is to avoid seriously discussing the argument of the first and last chapter and to avoid just as studiously Ahmad's criticism of Said's bizzare reading of Marx.
For the hell of it, I even read Foucault's history of sexuality in Chinese...See what living in Taipei drove me to...
Steve
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