Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 08:47:06 -0800
Subject: ~Re: Who We Are


dmwri1-AT-student.monash.edu.au wrote:
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Hi, Darren; remember you from the olden days of a zillion words on
"paralogy" which I never understood, did you?  

When the Lyotard list died, temporarily, I hope, I tried,
unsuccessfully,
to e-mail Lois.  No luck.

I put an earlier version of WWA in Lyotard archives, but no one seems
to go there either.  

Poetry was not my intent, as I explained to the critic you quote. 
I guess a true poet might be more interested in what we might become,
less interested in who we are.   

I keep trying to find a serious student of Lyotard, particularly
"Le Differend", which according to the jacket blurb, he considered his
most important book. 

There seems to be a Lyotard industry at UC Irvine, where Lyotard taught,
but when I searched on-line, some months ago, couldn't find anything of 
substance.  

Mark Bower, who quoted "Just Gaming" posted some interesting ideas on
this List to which I responded a few days ago.  

I've read posts, (one from another list) from two people who have heard 
Lyotard speak; both made rather disparaging remarks about him.  He is
supposed to be at Emory, in Georgia, but was not listed on their
faculty.
In hiding? Seclusion? Composing a profound new work?

A mystery!  

Searching the Web, I have found a lot of interest in Philosophy at
Universities in Australia.  Maybe you know of someone who has studied
"Le Differend".

Cheers,
Hugh