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From: "Diane Davis" <ddd-AT-mail.utexas.edu>
Subject: RE: Avital Ronell
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 15:42:21 -0600


hey Hugh. I liked "Slow Learner" a lot, too. Of course, I also loved the
"extended philosophical convolutions." ;)  I'm finishing up the Ronell
Reader right now, a collection of some of her greatest hits, and "Slow
Learner" is among them. Btw, a selection from the Lyotard piece I mentioned
earlier will also be included in the Reader, which--might as well plug
it--will becoming out with her design team at the Univ. of Illinois press.  

best, ddd

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-lyotard-AT-lists.village.Virginia.EDU [mailto:owner-
> lyotard-AT-lists.village.Virginia.EDU] On Behalf Of hbone
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 3:22 PM
> To: lyotard-AT-lists.village.Virginia.EDU
> 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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