File spoon-archives/lyotard.archive/lyotard_2003/lyotard.0301, message 5


Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 16:31:57 +1000
From: hbone <hbone-AT-optonline.net>
Subject: Re: Autonomy and the Gift


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What I find most interesting in this discussion is the emphasis on "Event",
the here-and-now, the act of cognition simultaneous with the emotional
feeling.  In Foucault's language, "to change something in the minds of
people"
is entailed by the gift.  In Lyotard's language, the "is it happening"
happens , is the gift, a mind-changing event.

In my materialist mind-set, this has nothing to do with immortality and
immortals.
Only the mortal posseses a mind in the flesh. The immortals do God's will,
mortals autonomously flout that will and promiscuously destroy each other.

If the mind of a living God, does not choose to eliminate murder by changing
minds, the autonomous minds of living humans can, at least, try.

regards,
Hugh



   

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