Brian Hamilton-Vise

I know that what I am asking is impossible. But in our time, as in every time, the impossible is the least that one can demand. —James Baldwin

A different kind of university

The prefaces to Nicholas Lash’s book on Marx, A Matter of Hope, and to Judith Butler’s Gender Trouble, both mention that lectures given at my own dear institution were part of those books’ origins. I’m wondering, though, if this isn’t actually an editorial prank, as the idea of Notre Dame inviting public lectures on Marxism or gender theory just seems too far-fetched.

29 June 2009 | Comments (2)
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» On 29 June 2009, R.O. Flyer said:

Well, isn’t Terry Eagleton visiting professor? You’ll have to get him drunk at some point during his stay.

» On 29 June 2009, Brian Hamilton said:

True, he is! And I remain astonished at that fact. I really look forward to meeting him, though, and to at least sitting in on one of his seminars. Getting him drunk would be, obviously, better.

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Brian Hamilton-Vise is a Ph.D. student in moral theology at the University of Notre Dame, where his research is in the history of Christian political and economic thought. His side interests are in the development of negative theology and in recent political theory. Email him at bdhamilton@gmail.com.

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