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FURTHER REFLECTIONS
ON
CONVERSATIONS
OF
OUR TIME
JUDITHBUTLER
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to approachthe thinkingof such an abyss?Is the Heideggeriannotionof the "ontological
difference"the primaryway in which Laclau understandsthis persistentnecessity of
indetermination?Is the indeterminationthat renders all decision contingent (in the
relative sense) the same as thatwhich producesthe name as an infinitesite of contest (at
the level of description)?
These seem to me to be one set of questions thatI would hope to pursueas I thinkabout
furtherconversationswith Laclau,conversationsthatwe will surelycontinue.Inthespirit
of this exercise, then, I leave it open-ended.
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