[Reader-list] The Future Belongs to Ghosts

Inder Salim indersalim at gmail.com
Thu Sep 2 12:55:46 IST 2010


Dear Mani

Cant see the colour of light in the future generation, right now,

but, here is an image which i took yesterday evening near the Metro in Delhi

http://indersalim.livejournal.com/

with love'
is

On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:36 PM, A. Mani <a.mani.cms at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Inder Salim <indersalim at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> What does Derrida mean when he says "The future belongs to ghosts"?
>> Here's an excerpt of him talking about what it means, but its a little
>> over my head. Can someone tell me what he's saying in plain English
>> and what his main point is? You don't have to read this thing if you
>> already know. I just put it there for reference.
>>
>
> He accepts most of phenomenology. His view is that:
> Technology will get more complicated and less comprehensible in future
> for most people.
> It is this technology that will determine their general awareness.
> So they will have the same disposition to 'reality' as ghosts are
> supposed to have.
>
> Best
>
> A. Mani
>
>
>
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