Dear Williams
'Word Virus' is a book. You may find it from amazon.com. The other work of Burroughs that talked about word as virus is in his book, named 'The Ticket That Exploaded'.
Best Regards,
Pong
Fernando Williams <fernando.wg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader is a book? Is interesting the connection you make between William and Foucault, especially about lenguage saying that the word is a virus. Lenguage can be tricky, I remember a quote from Foucault were he says that lenguage not only separate us from things but lenguage is the distance itself. Do you know how can I get a copy of "Word Virus..." if there is anything on the net? Badly, I live in Chile, so is a little difficult for me to get some books... What connections you see between Word Virus and Foucault thoughs on lenguage? Do you know the work of Mishima?
Best wishes,
Fernando Williams
Tony Roberts: Do you know the work of William S. Burroughs? His entire body of work is about the addiction to intense experience. His obsession with systems of control that we become selves by interpolating echoes Foucault as does his emphasis on sites of resistance and the psycho-technologies which create them. I believe his concept of language as a virus that infects us and uses us to reproduce is a step beyond Foucault. "Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader" would be a good place to start.
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'Word Virus' is a book. You may find it from amazon.com. The other work of Burroughs that talked about word as virus is in his book, named 'The Ticket That Exploaded'.
Best Regards,
Pong
Fernando Williams <fernando.wg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader is a book? Is interesting the connection you make between William and Foucault, especially about lenguage saying that the word is a virus. Lenguage can be tricky, I remember a quote from Foucault were he says that lenguage not only separate us from things but lenguage is the distance itself. Do you know how can I get a copy of "Word Virus..." if there is anything on the net? Badly, I live in Chile, so is a little difficult for me to get some books... What connections you see between Word Virus and Foucault thoughs on lenguage? Do you know the work of Mishima?
Best wishes,
Fernando Williams
Tony Roberts: Do you know the work of William S. Burroughs? His entire body of work is about the addiction to intense experience. His obsession with systems of control that we become selves by interpolating echoes Foucault as does his emphasis on sites of resistance and the psycho-technologies which create them. I believe his concept of language as a virus that infects us and uses us to reproduce is a step beyond Foucault. "Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader" would be a good place to start.
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