Category Archives: gourevitch

Second Time Around, with the Help of Cixous

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Tim McGee

“Broken men, we dare to use unbroken language.  We must not forget that we are speaking in parables and after the manner of men [Rom 6:18]” Karl Barth, __Commentary on Romans__, 221. “At a gallop, the snail!  We scribble while crawling in … Continue reading →

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utopian genocide

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Tim McGee

“Genocide, after all, is an exercise in community building…[Genocide] was promoted as a way not to create suffering but to alleviate it.  The specter of an absolute menace that requires absolute eradication binds leader and people in a hermetic utopian … Continue reading →

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