Comments on: Where do we go when there’s no more pol­i­tics? http://blog.voyou.org/2007/10/27/where-do-we-go-when-theres-no-more-politics/ Lazy rascals, spending their substance, and more, in riotous living Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:01:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: voyou http://blog.voyou.org/2007/10/27/where-do-we-go-when-theres-no-more-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-12771 voyou Sun, 04 Nov 2007 04:55:50 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/2007/10/27/where-do-we-go-when-theres-no-more-politics/#comment-12771 I hadn't thought of heterotopias in this context, but that's a good idea. I was thinking of these middlebrow utopias as a purely bad thing, but Foucault's idea suggests that there might be some more positive mediocre utopias. As a fan of at least some sorts of mediocrity (in line with Benjamin's claim that boredom is the threshold to great deeds), this idea appeals to me. I hadn’t thought of heterotopias in this context, but that’s a good idea. I was thinking of these middlebrow utopias as a purely bad thing, but Foucault’s idea suggests that there might be some more positive mediocre utopias. As a fan of at least some sorts of mediocrity (in line with Benjamin’s claim that boredom is the threshold to great deeds), this idea appeals to me.

]]> By: tom http://blog.voyou.org/2007/10/27/where-do-we-go-when-theres-no-more-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-12682 tom Fri, 02 Nov 2007 19:38:50 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/2007/10/27/where-do-we-go-when-theres-no-more-politics/#comment-12682 Hello Tim Have you got some magic internet coronation street, or are you in england? If not when? Tom Hello Tim
Have you got some magic internet coronation street, or are you in england?
If not when?

Tom

]]> By: Jasper http://blog.voyou.org/2007/10/27/where-do-we-go-when-theres-no-more-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-12681 Jasper Fri, 02 Nov 2007 18:47:37 +0000 http://blog.voyou.org/2007/10/27/where-do-we-go-when-theres-no-more-politics/#comment-12681 I love that Mieville essay. What do you think about Foucault's "heterotopia" as a descriptor for this kind of middlebrow utopia? Foucault's term has a broader application, I think, but maybe these abortive utopias fall under it. . . I love that Mieville essay.

What do you think about Foucault’s “heterotopia” as a descriptor for this kind of middlebrow utopia? Foucault’s term has a broader application, I think, but maybe these abortive utopias fall under it. . .

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