tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351315375336068719.post3962381407595258881..comments2024-02-03T12:54:27.103-05:00Comments on Kudzu Kongzi: Jean-Luc Nancy "Being Singular Plural"Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06232197401498901467noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351315375336068719.post-39749736475995118182009-10-29T15:16:49.592-04:002009-10-29T15:16:49.592-04:00i made a mistake, in my first parragraph i meant t...i made a mistake, in my first parragraph i meant to say: for buddhists "true love" is a feeling and experience that is able to maintain itself relatively whole and independent after the love object is gone. like simply taking icing off a really delicious cake. i don´t believe that...meganhttp://megansaltzman.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351315375336068719.post-1678003001196540962009-10-29T07:09:01.210-04:002009-10-29T07:09:01.210-04:00thanks for this, paul. i enjoyed reading it, nanc...thanks for this, paul. i enjoyed reading it, nancy´s thoughts resonate w the little i know about buddhism, except for Fig 5. i don´t know if Fig 5 is supposed to have some buddhist influence in it or now, but the idea i gathered elsewhere was that "true" buddhists were supposed to remain relatively whole and independent after something has been taken away from him/her. ¿? this is related to a very sad experience i had once with a buddhist-leaning housemate who asked me to move out, maybe i´ll tell you some time.<br /> <br /> i liked the part about violence or what i like to call a THREAT behind every contract. for me this is multi-applicable in a capitalist society and behind most rules, but at the same time, if we think of democratic rules, rules that we create mutually (as a society, as a partnership...) they seem fine and not-violent...don´t they¿? or i guess it´s just a matter one´s subjective interpretation. maybe it comes down to size of those who make the contract? the larger the group, the less likely a democratic contract/rule will please everyone, and the more possibility of violence... ¿?<br /><br /> i have a question for when you have time. i didn´t understand the logic of the parragraph to the left of Fig 5, specifically the sentence that starts with "The irony" (i´m not able to copy-past for some reason). what do you mean? how does their relationship w Christ differ or reflect the relationship between two people of the same sex? (it seems to me that the argument that most anti-gay religious people make is that (homo)sexuality is a "choice, something one can control.)<br /><br />thanks and if you´re busy don´t worry about responding now!<br /><br />un abrazo,<br />mmeganhttp://megansaltzman.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com