“Was not their mistake once more bred of the life of slavery that they had been living?—a life which was always looking upon everything, except mankind, animate and inanimate—‘nature,’ as people used to call it—as one thing, and mankind as another, it was natural to people thinking in this way, that they should try to make ‘nature’ their slave, since they thought ‘nature’ was something outside them” — William Morris


Thursday, August 18, 2011

Heidegger vs. Donna Summer

My friend the poet Joe Wenderoth suggested I listen to Louis Armstrong while reading Heidegger to keep Heidegger “honest.” Since I have only one tape of Armstrong, I'm trying Donna Summer, “Aint Nobody” juxtaposed with Being and Time. Actually it seems to work amazingly well. Anything to subtract the onto-theology.

And while we're on the subject, I ordered Lingis's new book a couple of days ago. Can't wait to read it. And some Michel Henry.

5 comments:

khadimir said...

Heidegger vs. Summer Claymation Celebrity Deathmatch?

Bill Benzon said...

Yeah, but Armstong's all over YouTube.

marcegoodman said...

I don't want to spoil the party but don't you mean Rufus & Chaka Khan's "Ain't Nobody"? Either way, it's a great song!

Timothy Morton said...

Yeah no somehow the version I like is by Donna Summer

Timothy Morton said...

Sorry Marc--my bad, the version is indeed Chaka Khan...I shall emend this.