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 ___________________________________________ D. Diane Davis Division of Rhetoric & Department of English 1 University Station B5500 University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712-0200 Office: 512.471.8735; Dept: 471.6109; FAX: 471.4353 ddd-AT-mail.utexas.edu http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~davis > -----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 > > > > > > > > > --- > > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > > Version: 6.0.524 / Virus Database: 321 - Release Date: 10/6/2003 > > > > >
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