Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 11:15:02 +0000
From: Ed Atkeson <edatkeson-AT-earthlink.net>
Subject: nutshell Lyotard?


Eric M:
>Lyotard almost wrote a extremely dense essay entitles "Levinas' Logic" translated in "The Lyotard Reader" that overlaps much of the discussion in "The Differend".   It would be useful to have a close reading and discussion on-line of these texts.  It would also be fruitful to discuss the ways in which Lyotard and Levinas differ.  However, it does seem hard to get any takers in this group.   
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    Well I'm a curious listener, lurker -- willing to read. I just
ducked in here to get out of the rain, and this sounds like a good place
to hang around and, um, dry off -- language, religion, sovereignty,
ethics -- pretty good. I'm no scholar, though, complete dilettante
(artist), but interested. I liked Hugh's musings -- does language really
have such importance? 
    Can you nutshell Lyotard for me? Why are you guys into his work? 
Thanks sincerely, Ed Atkeson