文档介绍：Literature,Otherness,
andthe Possibility
ofan Ethical Reading
JEREMYFERNANDO
Raading
Blindly
Literature,Otherness,
andthe Possibility
ofan Ethical Reading
JEREMYFERNANIO
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Fernando,Jeremy.
Readingblindly : literature, and otherness,the possibility ofan ethi­
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ForBrendan Quigley, whotaught mehow to write
(pletely blindtoit);
NeilMurphy, whounveiled myblin dness toreading,
inreading, andwhen reading;
andWerner Hamacher, whoonce told meto
"trustno one-not evenme-and just read foryourself"
Thankyouforbeing myteachers, mymentors,
andmost ofall, mydear friends
Ifthe serpents hadwritten History they would have
proudlyrelated how their ancestor had belonged towoman.
Andit was during love dispute between woman and her
companion,adispute god had every interest inno one ever
knowinghe had been the adulterous cause, asfor any
orientalgod,that the panion violently seized
herserpent. Butserpents area people with no writing and
itis god who has the word.
-HeleneCixous, La
Whocould well say: "Ifear we cannot rid ourselves