From: meaghan-AT-utdallas.edu
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 13:10:38 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Re: General Question



Hey, if Ralph actually has something to offer, fabulous.  But I'm a 
southerner, and never appreciate rude behavior.  Fankly I find it 
counterproductive, creates noise where there could be "harmony." If he's 
that good, let's see it.  We alreade=y have waht I take this to think of 
as more appropriate questions to consider. I just happen to prefer my 
philosphy on the imaginative/specualtive side, and I'm lit. crit./poet 
type anyway -- I ask different questions.  

As to the Question: is the discourse of the negative dialectic a dazzling 
magic wand?  I say, only in the hands of those who feel a need to 
impress.  Or befuddle.  Marcuse, Adnorno, et. al. are interested in 
impressing, but geting an analysis on the table in a form appropriate to 
the complexity and urgency of that analysis.  A general impression, I 
agree, and still not rigorous -- but that would be because I'm not 
grounded in these men's work, but exploring it for the first time.

Thanks for the warning about Ralph's acting out.
m

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On Thu, 23 Jan 1997, Doug Henwood wrote:

> I've had some experience with Ralph on other lists. He's a funny guy -
> capable of being quite erudite in one mood, but when he's in a rage, he's
> vicious and obscene. (Just the other day, for example, Ralph called me a
> "shithead.") Best to ignore the latter moods and hope for an attack of the
> former.
> 
> Doug
> 
> At 9:13 AM 1/23/97, meaghan-AT-utdallas.edu wrote:
> 
> >Look, Ralph, I asked a question.  A huge, unfocused question on purpose
> >-- simply to see SOMEthinking going on here.  If you have something more
> >rigorous and interesting -- be my guest.
> >
> >Meaghan Roberts-Jones                   | ... for never will [we] be able
> >Ph.D. Candidate - Humanities            | to quench a longing which is
> >Lit.&Fem.Philos.                        | eternally regenerated out of
> >University of Texas-Dallas              | the abundance of gratifications.
> >MS JO 31
> >Box 830688                              |       Friedrich Schlegel
> >Richardson, TX 7503-0688                |
> >meaghan-AT-utdallas.edu                    |
> >
> >On Wed, 22 Jan 1997, Ralph Dumain wrote:
> >
> >> If you don't think you have special insight, you have no business
> >> opening your mouth in public.  Can't we do better than this drivel
> >> for discussion?
> >>
> 
> 
>