RE: [-empyre-] Baudrillard and the future of theory

["patrick lichty" <voyd@voyd.com>]

The idea the Baudrillard's death spells a terminal point for theory
(only a polemic) ignores so many other forms of theoretical forms of
communication; i.e. McLuhan's media-based theory, Baudrillard's literary
pataphysics, Flusser's dialectic between the essay and the thesis. 

As with Kan's Hacker Manifesto, I saw it for what it was right off the
bat -a beautifully crafted literary proposition for additional work on
the Marxist project.

I think there are many different modes of expression in theory; it seems
ironic that some of the conversation suggests a hegemonic model of the
scholarly thesis-form as a 'standard'.

In some ways, I thought we might have gotten farther than that.  The
Krokers, Wark, Flusser (RIP), and many others are most definitely trying
to keep the modes of expression wide...



Patrick Lichty
- Interactive Arts & Media
  Columbia College, Chicago
- Editor-In-Chief
  Intelligent Agent Magazine
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-----Original Message-----
From: empyre-bounces@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au
[mailto:empyre-bounces@lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au] On Behalf Of Christina
McPhee
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 12:55 PM
To: soft_skinned_space
Subject: Re: [-empyre-] Baudrillard and the future of theory

Do you mean "Genoa" here?  (re: 'Genes')


On Mar 11, 2007, at 5:08 AM, Aliette wrote:
Alternative is a dialectical concept that does not more rule as  
dialectic
power in our times. You know perfectly that after Genes at the moment  
they
have enclosed the manifestation far from the debate: the  
communication of
the mass power of alter-globality was closed. The model with the largest
people of the world having their proper centralized government - global
institution: is a representation of what we have always struggle  
against.


c

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