tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post113646630939834100..comments2023-11-02T11:32:38.324+00:00Comments on The Joy of Curmudgeonry: The Doctrine of Permanent AdolescenceDeogolwulfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-1136898665944026192006-01-10T13:11:00.000+00:002006-01-10T13:11:00.000+00:00"the idea of an International Journal of Baudrilla..."the idea of an International Journal of Baudrillard Studies is somehow depressing."<BR/><BR/>But also somehow amusing.Deogolwulfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197539477668018797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-1136610474016062772006-01-07T05:07:00.000+00:002006-01-07T05:07:00.000+00:00Intellectuals of the left make opposition or criti...Intellectuals of the left make opposition or criticism their raison d'etre. Kristeva is merely being a bit hysterical and tantrumistic (quite so!) in harping on about "revolt." So, naturally they always need something to oppose, to criticize, or to revolt against. Some will eventually discover that they can oppose opposition, criticize criticism, and revolt against revolt. Let us hope that is the first step to their graduating from adolescence. <BR/><BR/>Footnote: the idea of an International Journal of Baudrillard Studies is somehow depressing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13305228.post-1136548144804283982006-01-06T11:49:00.000+00:002006-01-06T11:49:00.000+00:00Kristeva should have heeded the words of a rather ...Kristeva should have heeded the words of a rather more convincing, wiser and wittier rebel (substitute "permanent revolution" for "a life of passion"):<BR/><BR/>"I can never get people to understand that poetry is the expression of excited passion, and that there is no such thing as a life of passion any more than a continuous earthquake, or an eternal fever. Besides, who would ever shave themselves in such a state?" (Lord Byron, in a letter to Thomas Moore, 5 July 1821)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com