Yes, I have the impression of that division among persuasions. I suspect
that someone who uses his near namesake as a title anchor (Sense and
Sensibilia) is signalling a kind of conservatism and do find that the
'feel' of his approach (words being things you can do things with) gives me
the feel of someone washing his car on a Sunday morning. Him speak hobbyist
like. Fiddle, tinker, tweak.
Best
Dave
On 27 May 2012 23:02, Dominic Fox <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Austin's legacy is variously divided among political persuasions. It
> turns out all sorts of people are excited by the notion that words are
> the sorts of things you can do things with. Derrida vs Searle was
> conducted over Austin's casket, as was Butler vs MacKinnon. The cold
> war context I'm less familiar with, although I can see how certain
> sorts of commonsensicality can be co-opted as rationalisations for,
> well, whatever the ruling powers like at the time really.
>
> Dominic
>
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