File spoon-archives/lyotard.archive/lyotard_1997/lyotard.9711, message 10


Date: Thu, 13 Nov 1997 00:06:55 -0500
Subject: Re: Query


Once Again Hello:

	I will not ramble again now like I just did in my last post. . . I just
forgot to say, and want to add, that I think Hugh Bone's reference to
childhood and early-development is key here. . .Lyotard at some point
seems to have been fascinated by it and puts a lot of weight on it in
the construction of his latter work. . . I recommend "The Inhuman" to
all. . . One of the "inhumans" to which Lyotard refers there is the
infant, or rather the incompletness and indeterminacy that always haunts
the human but which is strongest and most apparent in infancy. . .also a
beautiful book in some parts and in many respects. . .

Arturo

(P.S.  I mean no disrespect and I am certainly not commimg from any kind
of P.C.ness. . . but I am intrigued by the name "Hugh Bone". . . is this
your real name or your chosen pseudonym? If the latter I wonder about
the possible libidinal investments and charges which it might reveal. . 
interesting because it is not the kind of pseudonym one usually finds in
theory groups. . . Again, I know it is none of my business and I do not
mean to offend in anyway. . .I am just genuinely curious and with the
best intentions. . .)

   

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