[lbo-talk] Butler

[Bill Hoffman]

A former philosophy prof advised me regarding Hegel, he is difficult to
read, and it does not repay the effort expended. I disagreed, but I suppose
one's preconceptions or prior association with the writer determine whether
the effort is considered worthwhile. I stick to secondary analyses of
Butler, but not because I find her ideas either meaningless or misguided.

On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 7:50 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


>
> On Jun 4, 2008, at 8:40 PM, Bill Bartlett wrote:
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> > Reading that text by Butler is, quite simply, torture. Excruciating,
> > agonising, torture. No-one can possibly read it right through. To
> > demand that someone put themselves through such an ordeal in inhuman.
>
> Yeah, it's never worth an effort to try to understand something. If
> it's not obvious on first glance, fuck it. Right?
>
> Doug
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