Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 14:57:55 -0400
Subject: Re: This message is a demonstration of goodwill...
From: "Robert Janiga" <rjaniga-AT-yorku.ca>


>So to reiterate, it seems strange to me that someone who places themselves
>firmly within a Marxist perspective, as you do,  should expend so much energy
>writing about someone who criticises such a perspective. I'm not saying that
>one should not engage with Baudrillard, from whatever perspective you come
>from. But once you've criticised them, and stated quite categorically that you
>fundamentally disagree with them, why should you wish to keep returning to them
>only to criticise that little bit more?

Sorry to reply in your place, Douglas, but it seems to me, Kevin, that JB is
still somewhat of a Marxist, but one that focuses on the exchange of signs.

Robert