Re: What to make of Holden
AntiUtopia@aol.com
Tue, 10 Aug 1999 16:37:56 -0400 (EDT)
In a message dated 8/10/99 4:20:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
c_scaysbrook@yahoo.com writes:
<< Jacques Derrida is, in a month or so's time, doing a speech (in a theatre
that just last week was playing my own work, coincidentally) - he must like
Australia as he turns up here every five years or so. Now, as Scottie would
know I'm a reknown Francophile. However, when even a senior lecturere at
Sydney University admits that a lot of Derrida is bollocks, *then* you have
to start worrying. I never studied him myself, he has too much of a
reputation for being downright impossible.
I'll hedge my bets on Baudrillard, tho. And by the way, check out a site at
>>
I like Baudrillard, actually :)
I'd read the exergue for Of Grammatology then go hear Derrida. Take your
chances :)
Never hurts to look :)
Jim