[lbo-talk] Heidegger

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At 02:49 PM 7/8/2008, Dennis Claxton wrote:
>At 01:45 AM 7/8/2008, Tahir Wood wrote:
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>>The discussion turned to Foucault. I then said OK, let's ask the
>>same question about the alternative politics opened up by Foucault.
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>Wasn't it Adorno who said questions like this made him feel the questioner 
>was saying the same as "papers please"?
>
>Anyway, I'll try a simple answer.  I think Foucault and Butler are 
>attractive largely because they question certainties contained in, for 
>example, a statement you made concerning heterosexuality.  I think you 
>summed it up with "men and women fucking each other and liking it."  It's 
>a small thing, but it's big for people who don't accept the common sense 
>in a flat-footed statement like that.

i like the way janet halley discusses this issue in _split decisions_. she 
grounds it all very practically in legal theory -- and shows real life 
implications for actual court cases. wish i had just put in a 14 hr day or 
i'd retrieve excerpts from old blog. alas.

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