Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:21:43 -0500
From: hbone <hbone-AT-optonline.net>
Subject: Re: Avital Ronell



Hi Diane,

Welcome back!

At your recommendation I read Ronell's "Stupidity".  It was more tedious
than
stupid and she can write clear and succinct prose, but wandered into
extended
philosophical convolutions in some chapters.  Or maybe it was just my lack
of interest
in the subject matter, most of which i skipped.

The part I liked was about "Slow Learner" by Thos. Pynchon.  I think it was
his first
book.  I've been a Pynchon fan, enjoying his earliest books and even read
"Mason and Dixon", which
I don't reccomend, although there is a bit of magic near the end when they
were growing
old in England.

regards,
Hugh





> Hey, Eric. In that diacritics piece, which is also collected in Finitude's
> Score, Ronell works the tension between Lyotard, Derrida, and
> Lacoue-Labarthe over the "Heidegger affair." Lyotard, as we know, was
> extremely critical of derrida and lacoue-labarthe because he felt they
went
> way too soft on Heidegger's Nazism, that Derridian deconstruction was too
> "pious" to do the job, etc. And Ronell explores that différend in an
> interesting way, questioning without dismissing lyotard's beef, and
positing
> the notion of an "affirmative différend." It's well worth the read.
>
> Ronell is finishing up a new book, btw, called Loser Sons, about half of
> which is devoted to an extremely close reading of Lyotard's work on
> childhood, and in particular on his essay "Mainmise." It's a stunning
text;
> I'll letcha know when it's out.
>
> all best, ddd
>
>
>
>
> >
> > Diane,
> >
> > Nice to hear from you....
> >
> > Apparently, Avital Ronell wrote an article for Diacritics 19, nos. 3-4
> > entitled "The Differends of Man".
> >
> > I haven't been able to locate and read this piece, but was wondering if
> > you have. I am curious about her take on Lyotard.
> >
> > eric
> >
> >
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