Re: Susan Sontag

No problem Jean, I'll put my flag away now ;)

cheers! trevor
--- "Jean.Daubas" <jean.daubas@wanadoo.fr> wrote:

> Hi Trevor ,
> Hi all,
>
> I am sorry that my words about Susan Sontag "" one
> of the most "European"
> american writers "" may have caused trouble to some
> of you.
> It's probably my bad use of English language that
> caused some
> misinterpretation of my thoughts.
>
> Like you, i'm absolutely convinced that there are no
> boudaries or nations in
> "thinking" and in any case I want you to know that
> i'm absolutely not
> "defending" any "particular regional methodology of
> thought". Though, I
> agree that cultural differences actually exist over
> our planet and I take
> them as a wealth for mankind.
>
> As Trevor asked me, I would just precise my thought
> by saying that Susan
> Sontag (who spent much of her time in studying and
> working with european
> intellectuals) is very much praised and admired in
> Europe while she met
> more contestation in her own country (this appears
> confirmed by articles
> published in today papers, for which I'll give you
> links in another post)
>
> Trevor, i'm sincerely sorry that my clumsy words
> have hurt you and that you
> misinterpreted them as a qualitative distinction
> between European and
> american way of thinking. All my apologies.
>
> In any case, I think we 'll miss Susan Sontag, her
> writings and her acute
> analysis.
> Cheers from France
> Jean
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "trevor cunningham" <tr_cunningham@yahoo.com>
> To: <alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 12:49 AM
> Subject: Re: Susan Sontag
>
>
>
>

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Received on Wed Dec 29 03:45:53 2004