SITUATED

Thanks to the Cultural Studies mailing list (CultStud-l), I found this televised debate between Foucault and Chomsky on the relation between justice and power, on the “situatedness” of human nature. Justice Vs. Power – Chomsky Vs. Foucault, Part 1 Justice Vs. Power – Chomsky Vs. Foucault, Part 2

Interesting quote by Edwards coming from his Rhetoric and Educational Discourse, he starts by quoting Derrida: A Standard act depends as much upon the possibility of being repeated, and thus potentially of being mimed, cited, played, simulated, or in general ‘parasited’, since all these possibilities depend upon the possibility said to be opposed to it. […]

Some nice quotes on academic literacy coming from the novel Boetekleed by Ian McEwan: “Want daar ging het natuurlijk om: hij zou een betere arts zijn omdat hij letteren had gestu­deerd. Wat een diepzinnige uitleg zou zijn gescherpte gevoeligheid van het menselijk lijden kunnen geven, van de zelfverwoestende dwaasheid of pure pech die mensen tot […]