tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post6048362438370499475..comments2023-11-05T07:27:43.837-05:00Comments on Narrative and Technology: Blog EssayAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post-64117204651133122322012-04-14T11:17:10.476-04:002012-04-14T11:17:10.476-04:00I liked this a lot. From a certain point of view ...I liked this a lot. From a certain point of view (maybe even my usual point of view) it's underdeveloped, but I like it because it's attempting to apply Marcuse *in spirit*, not just trying to shoehorn in a disconnected passage or two. <br /><br />To respond to Richard's comment - what I thought you were doing with Feng Shui was pointing out that Karen is using a *different* but also traditional rationality (of traditional Chinese thought) - which also falls short or is in adequate.<br /><br />So I think you do a very nice job within a confined space exploring the different irrational rationalities within HOL, as well as the irrationality of the children which may, in a higher sense, be rational. That's the part where I actually wanted more - what can we do in the novel to understand what the children (or even the animals) are up to *as thought*? I also think that incorporating Heidegger or Derrida (since they're quoted in the text) could be useful here.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post-40421412946032627662012-04-13T17:52:06.376-04:002012-04-13T17:52:06.376-04:00I really like that you expanded your reading of Ma...I really like that you expanded your reading of Marcuse into Eros and Civilization. I'm wondering about your comment regarding Karen however: is Feng Shui really "traditionally rational" in the sense that a white, Western, intellectual person would view it? In the book there's a lot made of the difference between Karen and Navy's responses to the threat and Karen's bookshelf-making and Feng Shui is sort of set up against Navy's scientific-masculinist type of rationality. Maybe you could go into that more.RJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08553161343973094022noreply@blogger.com