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> On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 7:31 PM, Eric Beck <ersatzdog at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Jeffrey Fisher<jeff.jfisher at gmail.com>
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>> > this is a misunderstanding. you would do better to do some more research
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>> > badiou's background and role in/relationship with the OP. you may not
>> like
>> > this, either, but it is not at all the same as a bunch of academic
>> > conferences for tenured white male radicals and cranks
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>> Actually, minus the crank part, that's a pretty good description of
>> the Birbeck conference on the idea of communism earlier this year,
>> organized by Zizek and Badiou, where 15 men, all white, and one woman
>> spoke.
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> i didn't say there were no conferences involved. :-) although it's true i
> don't think they're bad or useless. i concede the point on race and gender.
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i watched some of that on youtube, by the way, a while back, and it looked pretty good, as academic conferences go.