Dear all,
I can only speak for myself, but what I believe Professor Allen Scott  
meant (and this is my interpretation), is not that it is wrong to  
transcend disciplinary boundaries, or for geographers to "use"  
philosophy when trying to grasp our different subject matters. But  
it's indesputable that there are different ways of using it and that  
the use sometimes obfuscates rather than clarifies - in itself an  
interesting philosophical question of the relation between means and  
ends. That this is a problem is hard to deny. Science is not separated  
from philosophy, but science is not the same as philosophy. 

With kind regards,
Sara Westin, PhD Uppsala University




Citerar "Paul H." <[log in to unmask]>:

>
> As a critical theorist and anthropologist, I find the current field  
> of critical geography to be the most vibrant and cutting edge out  
> there. Since the early 1990s, I have been constantly re-energized  
> theoretically through geographers.
>
> Paul
>
>
>
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>> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:17:13 +0000
>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: Deleuze and all that
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>> Coming from Cultural Studies, I was interested to see Grosz involved
>> in geography, since I, myself, am a cultural theorist who also
>> traverses geography.
>>
>> I have never been made unwelcome in any of the geography-related
>> conferences I've given papers at, at home or abroad. And I agree,
>> geographers are fascinating people who have brought a new angle to my
>> own work. The geographers here at the University of Leeds are truly
>> inspiring and very activist-oriented.
>>
>> I really don't understand this 'protectionist' idea about fields of
>> theory being kept separate, or projections about who is worthy and who
>> isn't, when it comes to philosophy.
>>
>> The borders between things are extraordinarily fascinating places.
>>
>> "My name is Tina and I am a Guattarian!"
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>> PhD Researcher: Cultural Theory
>> School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies
>> University of Leeds
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>> ----- Message from [log in to unmask] ---------
>>      Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:35:04 +0000
>>      From: "N.H.Clark" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Reply-To: "N.H.Clark" <[log in to unmask]>
>>   Subject: Re: Deleuze and all that
>>        To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>> > *nausea*? That's quite a volatile body you've got there, Allen!!
>> >
>> > The feminist philosopher who features in the announcement that seems
>> >  to have sparked your gut reaction has, as you may well be aware,
>> > been engaging with the work of Deleuze for more than two decades.
>> > Often quite critically. Some of us feel we owe a lot to her for this
>> >  engagement - and many others.
>> >
>> > The real point here for me is not about geographers borrowing from
>> > big names in philosophy. Its about geographers actually wanting to
>> > talk back to their favourite philosophers, have them there, in the
>> > room, to converse with. No, we cant have Deleuze with us. But in
>> > Elizabeth Grosz we have someone who is, very much in her own right,
>> > a pioneer in the recent philosophy of bodies, life and materiality.
>> > And one who has had the nerve, more recently to stray into the field
>> >  of earth processes...
>> >
>> > Philosopher Graham Harman recently posted on his blog that he'd
>> > never had a boring conversation with a geographer. As Ive seen him
>> > chatting with a quite a few, that seems to me to be a very generous
>> > and welcoming gesture. I'd hope geographers might be able to respond
>> >  in kind.
>> >
>> > There's quite a few of us who like to see the conversation between
>> > geography and philosophy not as one of `parroting' but as a two-way
>> > exchange. Which means philosophers listening to us, as we listen to
>> > them. Isn't that precisely the point of inviting an influential
>> > philosopher along to a panel discussion at a geography gathering?
>> > And the very fact that she is willing to come and have this
>> > conversation, I would have thought, ought to be taken as something
>> > to support and celebrate.
>> >
>> > Or have I missed your point?
>> >
>> > Nigel
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: NWNW [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> > Sent: 31 January 2012 07:24
>> > To: [log in to unmask]
>> > Subject: Re: Deleuze and all that
>> >
>> > Am 30.01.2012 um 22:49 schrieb AJ Scott:
>> >
>> >> I greatly admire the work of Deleuze and other French philosophers
>> >> of the 20th and 21st centuries. But why isn't there a long overdue
>> >> wave of nausea at the parroting of their ideas and gratuitous
>> >> displays of references to their publications? Allen Scott
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Hi Allen,
>> >
>> > my talk, but there is, as some - only a few - of our colleagues got
>> > sick of this parroting more then 10 years ago and started
>> > criticizing it or shifted to a more serious field of study than
>> > 'postmodern geography', sorry, I meant 'geographies' ...
>> > best
>> >
>> > thomas
>> >
>> > --
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