-----Original Message----- From: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org] On Behalf Of jimi ayler Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 10:30 AM To: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Subject: [lbo-talk] Re: Butler on Derrida
>I asked you what Derrida ever contributed and you
>replied with logocentrism, grammatology (a
>complexified synonym for "theory of writing"), and
>something called "icriture," which is either so fancy
>an idea it can't be
>translated, or roughly means "style."
>Derrida = Over-Rated
in fact, it's "icriture" that could, if you were ridiculously reductionist enough to will yourself into doing so, be described a 'a complexified synonym for "theory of writing"'. failing that, it could be simply translated as "writing". any one of those fancy, obscurantist french-to-english dictionaries would tell you that, were you inclined to have some idea about that which you write.
it's easy to underrate that which you don't understand, or have any interest to. underinformed, facile disdain should never be confused with clear, powerful nonfiction. please tell me you're an employee of portland state, not a professor. if this is how you'd prepare for classes...
===== ________________________________james keepnews
American generals in Iraq triumphantly announced at the weekend that they had successfully taken over Samarra and killed 125 insurgents. They failed to mention that this is the third time they have captured this particular city on the Tigris river north of Baghdad in the past 18 months...The situation on the ground in Iraq is far worse than what is portrayed by the media. Ironically, this is because it is now so dangerous for journalists and television crews to leave their heavily guarded hotels in Baghdad that they cannot refute claims by the American and British governments that much of Iraq is safe.
-- Patrick Cockburn, 7 October 2004
____music+writing+webart+multimedia performance
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