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Language Always Pre-exists Us: It Is Always Already 'in Place', Waiting To Assign Us Our Places Within It.

Today, Nostalgia Is Almost As Unacceptable As Racism.

Because Subjects Like Literature And Art History Have No Obvious Material Pay-off, They Tend To Attract Those Who Look Askance At Capitalist Notions Of Utility. The Idea Of Doing Something Purely For The Delight Of It Has Always Rattled The Grey-bearded Guardians Of The State. Sheer Pointlessness Has Always Been A Deeply Subversive Affair.

All Consciousness Is Consciousness Of Something: In Thinking I Am Aware That My Thought Is 'pointing Towards' Some Object.

To Declare In St John's Words That Jesus And The Father Are One Is To Claim That Jesus's Dependence On The Other Is Not Self-estrangement But Self-ful Lment. At The Core Of His Identity ..lies Nothing But Unconditional Love.