a thought provoked by Levi’s interview

First, as far as I’m concerned, he deals a death blow to the bizarre cliche that relational philosophies are automatically politically liberating and philosophies of individuals are inherently reactionary. I’ve often made the point that the exact opposite is true if you look at Edmund Burke vs. the Jacobins. Levi repeats that example but pushes it much further, and the results are devastating for people who choose relational ontologies solely or primarily for left political reasons. They are likely to find more support in a philosophy, like OOO, that gives things the right and power to resist their current niche in the world.

But what I actually meant to say is that, while I had never heard of Kris Coffield before, he is an extremely good interviewer. Moreover, his discussion threads are always intelligent and constructive. Either the weasels aren’t drawn to his site yet or he does a fine job of screening them out at the door. So many blogosphere comment threads offer nothing but snarling, contrarian mediocrity that it is quite a shock to see one where the critiques are useful and make sense.