Another take on science....

[James Rovira]

If that's the case, Ken, Lacan would hardly be the "one theorist singled 
out for particular disdain and disregard."  Derrida's won that award.

I've barely probed Lacan and have little sympathy for psychoanalytic 
frameworks to begin with, so I'm not contributing to this discussion. 
However, Zizek was mentioned and he has recently written an interesting 
piece on Iraq:

http://www.lacan.com/iraq.html

I think that's the right link.  I don't have my bookmarks with me right 
now.  If it doesn't work, I'll post the correct one later.  Overall he 
takes both the hawks and the doves to task and concludes that the real 
danger is that American will turn into what it fears and opposes in the 
process of its fear and opposition.  I don't usually follow Zizek, but I 
think he made some valuable observations this time.

Jim Rovira

Kenneth MacKendrick wrote:

> 
> Why are you asking me? I didn't claim to understand any of the stuff, I just
> indicated that it doesn't seem fair to criticize it in such a way that it
> makes it painfully obvious that you haven't done anything more than
> left-click your intolerance. I'm fine with approaching any material
> critically, it just boggles me that one theorist in particular is singled
> out for particular disdain and disregard. Now, if one radiates blanket
> hatred... at least there is consistency.
> 
> ken
> 
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