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A review by djinnmartini
Who Sings the Nation-State? Language, Politics, Belonging by Judith Butler, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
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.