On 16/11/2002 7:35 PM, "Chris Burford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yes, Hardt and Negri have an irritating display of "lightness of being" > about serious matters, which is also strategically suspect in view of the > magnitude of the dangers Wood-faced indignation, well timed compassion and unbearable profundity may be, depending on the context, more acceptable demeanours than lightness of being and gallows humour, but I wonder if such judgements regarding what is and is not appropriate have as much to do with strategy as they have with policing one's cohort for insufficiently committed and humourless elements. At least that seems to be the case judging by the astonishing success of the strategy of being really angry about stuff whilst knowing the keys to real social science. That's worked wonders so far. Come to think of it, there is some sort of private language mistake in the concept of strategy doing the rounds these days... I am sorry if that is a bit over the top, but I just had an awful couple of days dealing with very serious people at the anti-WTO protests here in Sydney. Thiago ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: www-mail.usyd.edu.au
