On Apr 27, 2012, at 11:02 AM, Jim Devine wrote: > I see nothing wrong with quoting someone out of context if it fits > with their general point and perspective. It's out-of-context quotes > that violate the general drift of a thinker's ideas that are a > problem.
Then again, as Slavoj Zizek has argued, sometimes context is devious and/or obfuscatory, and plucking something out of context actually reveals its deep inner meaning. Doug _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
