Bravo Ms Ghosh!
'our relation with the Metaphysical is an ethical behaviour and not a
theology, not a thematization, be it a knowledge of analogy, of the
attributes of God' - Totality and Infinity. And then on the gap between
philosophy and the cry of the ethical relation 'The crisis of meaning, which
is evident, in the dissemination of the verbal signs that the signified no
longer dominates (for it would only be illusion and ideological deception),
is opposed by the meaning that, spurning words, is prior to the "said",
unchallengeable in the nudity of his face, in the proletarian destitution of
the Other and in the offence he suffers".
My congratulation for questioning the Jumbo Mumbo and Company and calling
their bluff
>From: "Chandrika Ghosh" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: Vanity Fair
>Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 20:36:23 PDT
>
>Under highly unusual historical circumstances, the mirrors sometime become
>narcissistic. There is a single-point agenda - pushing one's self-image no
>matter what - which they begin to project relentlessly. Thus, a perfectly
>vibrant term like 'ethics' will becoming quietly and deadeningly synonymous
>with 'professional ethics' and in all ensuing debates no other meaning of
>the term shall be entertained. Poor Emmanuel Levinas! Wonder how he would
>cope with being told how passe his use of the term 'ethics' is!
>
>Too much of cinema could be disorienting to point of absolute self-love -
>select your films, select your poets and chew the little you can digest
>properly.
>
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