I Google: “Where start Walter Benjamin”“DO NOT DARE READ BENJAMIN IF YOU HAVEN’T READ HEGEL FIRST”Gotta love philosophy Reddit. Knowing, inevitably, that I’ll be bored or confused, I also grab a copy of Barbara Johnson’s The Feminist Difference — last week I’d had it recommended (perhaps that’s overselling). The Feminist Difference, on the other hand, has already been read twice cover-to-cover. Newsletter SignupIn perhaps the collection’s best essay, Johnson cites Patricia Williams, writing about style and the often toxic veneer of face neutrality with its violations. Before I had even arrived I was certain that the proceeding events would become the opening salvo of my next phase of writing — I’d even developed some preliminary theses.

Source: Daily Sun May 27, 2024 12:23 UTC