There is a certain collegial self-soothing of the ABDs to it all, if that's what you mean.
Al Matthews M.S., Digital Media Georgia Institute of Technology On Thu, Jun 14, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Ian Bogost <ian.bog...@lcc.gatech.edu> wrote: > Look, I'm new here, but is this really the level of conversation this list > strives to support? > > If this is just a place where like-minded folk pat each other on the back, > please let me know so I can unsubscribe. > > Ian > > On Jun 14, 2012, at 2:57 PM, Rob Myers wrote: > > On 06/14/2012 07:02 PM, Ian Bogost wrote: > > > As for queer and feminist formulations, I agree with the spirit of what > > you say, but I'll reiterate my observation that SR/OOO is moving in a > > slightly different direction—one that concerns toasters and quasars as > > much as human subjects (note the "as much as" here). Why not take this > > work for what it is, at least for starters, rather than for what it > > isn't? > > > The "as much as" is precisely the problem. > > Galloway's critique of OOO that Zach mentioned explains why: > > http://itself.wordpress.com/2012/06/03/a-response-to-graham-harmans-marginalia-on-radical-thinking/ > > But I wouldn't lump Meillassoux in with Harman. I think Meillassoux's > philosophy can indeed be interesting for this debate because of its > embracing of contingency and possibility. > > - Rob. > _______________________________________________ > empyre forum > empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au > http://www.subtle.net/empyre > > > > _______________________________________________ > empyre forum > empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au > http://www.subtle.net/empyre _______________________________________________ empyre forum empyre@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au http://www.subtle.net/empyre
