From: CathB2-AT-aol.com Date: Fri, 24 Sep 1999 12:29:23 EDT Subject: Re: [Tenure idea for publish or perish in the Baudrillard dept: ] I have a vague notion that Foucault, Derrida and Lacan have some arguments that the depts. of Knowledge have as yet not made much of a comeback to. I keep waiting. On the other hand, I tend to take Baudrillard as a bit given to hyperbole, so when events seem to confirm his diagnostics, I'm impressed. I'm a Texan. My ancestors were some of the most famous Indian fighters. My nephew (half English) is editor of one of the most scurrilous Handgun mags in the NRA arsenal. I much prefer Terminator to Titanic. Nevertheless, when our nonentieis in Washington voted against even modest gun control within a few days of Littleton, Colorado, it reminded me that it is illegal in this country to threaten public servants with violence. If someone who was brought up with coonskin caps for girls as well as boys is sick of the NRA and the use of the Bill of Rights to justify an incredible peacetime deathtoll, surely political action is possible. The other alternative is scary, but not impossible, though. I heard an SMU Media Studies prof in Dallas give a rundown on Baudrillard's idea that national gov'ts are a thing of the past. That they have already really lost all power, except some Draconian last ditch efforts to reaffirm what was lost in dim historical mists of the irrelevant previous quarter hour. ATF shows David Koresh's children who's boss. Maybe the US is really too diverse, that tiny tribes of race creed and lifestyle are only kept from war of all against all by the illusionary religion of athletic shoes that is all that we all share. We'll see. Catherine Brown
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