Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 10:11:38 -0800
From: Steven W <primeweevil-AT-shaw.ca>
Subject: Re: group reading of seduction?


Hi.
 incidentally, Seduction is available for free in PDF form at
http://www.ctheory.net/book_default.asp

The ctheory site just requires that you register.

cheers, Steven


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <steve.devos-AT-krokodile.co.uk>
To: <baudrillard-AT-lists.village.Virginia.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: group reading of seduction?


> Agreed - look frward to it..
> 
> steve
> 
> Lisa Shaw wrote:
> 
> > Sounds good to me. I'll order the book today! (It's been on that long 
> > list of books I've been meaning to read for a while now!)
> >
> > Lisa
> > On Feb 12, 2004, at 8:15 AM, sherrin rieder wrote:
> >
> >> Just wondering if anyone would like to engage in a group reading of 
> >> _Seduction_ using this list as a forum? We could give folks a couple 
> >> of weeks to get the book, or dig it out and dust it off, and then 
> >> take a look at some specific concepts that B addresses.
> >>
> >> I'm interested in understanding B's meanings for several of the terms 
> >> he uses ("desire," "fascenation," and "debt," for example). We can 
> >> explore these in relation to:
> >> --How these terms have(n't) evolved in his later, more popuplar or 
> >> newer works (Simulacra and Impossible Exchange, for example).
> >> --And/or how they're (mis)understood by many folks who know B only 
> >> via "The Matrix."
> >> --And/or how they relate to other folks like D&G.
> >> --And/or simply engage in a close reading of this specific text for 
> >> the time being.
> >> --And/or B's pessimism or optimism (and does it matter?)
> >> --I'm also on another list that has been discussing "affect," 
> >> specifically with relation to Brian Massumi. If there's any crossover 
> >> on this list, perhaps we could talk about B's take on affect.
> >>
> >> If this appeals to you, please reply so I can gauge interest levels. 
> >> I'd like to kick things off the last week of February (around the 
> >> 26th-ish).
> >>
> >> Peripheral question: has anyone here ever met or studied with B? I'm 
> >> just wondering what he's like, live and in person?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> s
> >>
> >
>