Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 12:52:52 -0800 (PST) From: Daniel Smith <hyosho-AT-yahoo.co.uk> Subject: Re: The end of history Nice to see the list active. Re linear ideas of history and endism, might I point out an excellent book by Scott Bukataman, 'Terminal Identity'? It's largely an examination of various forms of science fiction, but it illustrates some of the theoretical points mentioned working in a practical way. His argument is that the most important thing for a (post)modern understanding of identity is terminals - endings, beginnings, points of interface (input/output ports), the places where linear tracks finish. We (and I use the noun loosely) are no longer interested in progression per se - the journey into space is no longer interesting in itself, merely the destination. There's a lot more complicated stuff in there, but it's worth a look, and along with Baudrillard, Donna Harraway (and Derrida, of course) it makes a refreshing antidote to Fukuyama's model. Hyosho __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
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