Re: [OPE] Alain Badiou, "Of Which Real is this Crisis the Spectacle?"

From: Paula <Paula_cerni@msn.com>
Date: Sat Nov 01 2008 - 22:21:08 EDT

Dogan wrote: "A philosopher however, as Badiou is, must consider a more general question .... So the point Badiou is then making is we have to question the way we work and live."

To question it, or to change it?

What I find annoying about this metaphor is that it glosses over hard work and struggling lives - a 'spectacle' perhaps for the armchair philosopher, but real enough for most people.

Paula

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