[lbo-talk] "I Think Where I Am Not; Therefore I Am Where I Do Not Think"

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

On 2/21/07, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Feb 21, 2007, at 2:26 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
>
> > American recruits who are fighting the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, etc.
> > come from the America of small towns, in contrast to American leftists
> > who tend to live in the most urban areas of America (or near college
> > campuses if they live in small towns at all).
>
> I realize this out-of-touchness is a pet theme of yours,

Descartes said, "I think, therefore I am," but Lacan said, "I think
where I am not, therefore I am where I do not think."  If one regards
the "I" of Lacan's statement as the self of labor, his statement makes
perfect sense in America as well as in the world.
-- 
Yoshie
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