[-empyre-] from terror to pharmakon forward from Kristen Alvanson

[Christina McPhee]

Christina,



What I've been thinking about in terms of pharmakon and "the proximity  
of poison to cure.." is the question of site of operation. Is it  
possible for pharmakon to be both a poison and a cure at the same time  
and according to one site of operation?  If this is not possible, then  
pharmakon must be bound to the experience of the Subject in which case  
the transcendental system transforms it to the problem of 'either … or  
…' which in turn reinscribes both the dichotomy of the concept and the  
central privilege of the subject. If this is the case, then we must  
question if pharmakon is a conceptual extension of postmodernist  
relativism or not. I'm curious to know your thoughts or anyone else's  
on this.

Best,
Kristen

 >>>The 'pharmakon' is conceptually and practically useful-- because it
expresses that strange ambivalence at the core of many political and
phenomenological conditions-- from space and memory to imagined
futures—    the proximity of poison to cure.."




On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Christina McPhee <christina at christinamcphee.net 
 > wrote:


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From: Christina McPhee <christina at christinamcphee.net>
Date: December 8, 2008 10:00:37 AM PST
To: soft_skinned_space <empyre at lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au>
Subject: Re: [-empyre-] from terror to pharmakon
Reply-To: soft_skinned_space <empyre at lists.cofa.unsw.edu.au>



Hello Tim and -empyreans-  ,


The 'pharmakon' is conceptually and practically useful-- because it
expresses that strange ambivalence at the core of many political and
phenomenological conditions-- from space and memory to imagined
futures--

the proximity of poison to cure..