Category Archives: levinas

Davis > Derrida > Levinas

Posted on December 11, 2007 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

Today’s reading: John Muckelbauer’s “Rhetoric, Asignification, and the Other: A Response to Diane Davis” and D. Diane Davis’ “The Fifth Risk: A Response to John Muckelbauer’s Response”. Muckelbauer challenges the assumption that any discourse or pedagogy can claim ethical or … Continue reading →

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Sorry Casey, Still No Flying Cars

Posted on May 14, 2007 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

This article by Charlie Stross is making its way through the interweb. Like some of the research I am working on Stross argues that the “progress” of the future won’t concern processing power, software engineering, or even (Other help us) … Continue reading →

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A Friendly Response: Fuck theory and leave Derrida Alone

Posted on May 5, 2007 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

A friend sent me this video on Derrida this morning. It is funny, and I encourage my friend and others to send me such things. But I do want to make a response, a response perhaps too serious for the … Continue reading →

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Levinas website

Posted on May 5, 2007 by insignificantwrangler@gmail.com

I can’t remember if I posted about this before, but I finished the new NALS (North American Levinas Society) website a few weeks back. This morning I coded the conference schedule for 2007–an amazingly boring job that claimed 2 hours … Continue reading →

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