1) Your last question (and, your citation of him...) makes me think that Zizek has something to say about your project. If people in the discipline recognize the grammar/class marker relationship but continue to institute "arbitrary" rules, then we're not in the realm of rationality - we're in the realm of desire. Have you bagged Z. altogether, or is he finding a way back into your project?
2) This issue of audience is one I struggle with too. When writing about Wikipedia, I want to talk about what's happening there as "rhetoric." But this would be the kind of argument I'd make when talking to my parents, or my students, or my friends. In an "academic book," this is the beginning assumption of the project (especially in a world where "everything is an argument."
zizek and audience
Jim (not verified) Says:Two points:
1) Your last question (and, your citation of him...) makes me think that Zizek has something to say about your project. If people in the discipline recognize the grammar/class marker relationship but continue to institute "arbitrary" rules, then we're not in the realm of rationality - we're in the realm of desire. Have you bagged Z. altogether, or is he finding a way back into your project?
2) This issue of audience is one I struggle with too. When writing about Wikipedia, I want to talk about what's happening there as "rhetoric." But this would be the kind of argument I'd make when talking to my parents, or my students, or my friends. In an "academic book," this is the beginning assumption of the project (especially in a world where "everything is an argument."
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