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djinnmartini's review against another edition
3.0
Quick read [for BUTLER- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHH!]
Briefly:
Spivak rules. Butler talks too much. Interesting conception of "critical regionalism" which you don't really expect from post-Marxists such as these.
I bought it partly because I liked the design, and partly because I like the idea of publishing a conversation between two critical thinkers of Our Era.
Butler, even when talking, is still hard [painful, even!] to understand, but Spivak is darling and articulate as ever. J'adore!
Of note: I bought it at the MIT Press Bookshop which is totally AMAZING and if you come visit me I'll bring you there. They have a small but ample Critical Theory section, and you'll be tempted to walk out with a book on neuroscience just because the design is so lovely. Also, the Econ. section ain't so bad either.
Briefly:
Spivak rules. Butler talks too much. Interesting conception of "critical regionalism" which you don't really expect from post-Marxists such as these.
I bought it partly because I liked the design, and partly because I like the idea of publishing a conversation between two critical thinkers of Our Era.
Butler, even when talking, is still hard [painful, even!] to understand, but Spivak is darling and articulate as ever. J'adore!
Of note: I bought it at the MIT Press Bookshop which is totally AMAZING and if you come visit me I'll bring you there. They have a small but ample Critical Theory section, and you'll be tempted to walk out with a book on neuroscience just because the design is so lovely. Also, the Econ. section ain't so bad either.
alexlanz's review against another edition
Interesting concepts: translation centered in the issue of public politics and national belonging (Butler) and "critical regionalism" (Spivak), though they talk around these things; and their theory of the state is conservative.
laurenjade's review against another edition
2.0
I can't figure out what the point of this "dialogue" (though more like a Butler monologue) is, other than a rehashing of Hannah Arendt. Hmmmm...
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