>>> John Thornton PM >>>
Doug Henwood wrote:
Catherine Driscoll wrote:
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>> It's Laclau's "empty signifier", isn't it?
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> Yup. It's stunning how many people who should know better are coming
> down with the mania though.
This last part is the reason it's creepy and the part I just don't understand.
John Thornton ___________________________________
CB: "Mania", "Euphoria" etc. are like religion - the opium of the people, heart of a heartless condition, sigh of the oppressed creature.