Click opera - Shklovsky and me v. Heidegger and J-Lo

A great, funny, difficult post over on Momus's Click Opera site.

Click opera - Shklovsky and me v. Heidegger and J-Lo

"My problem with the idea of authenticity as it manifests itself in contemporary pop culture -- I call this Rockism for short -- is that it's a conservative and convergent value. The basic tenets of Rockism are that it's good 'to stay in touch with your roots', 'to keep things real', 'to look in your heart and write', 'to thine own self be true', and so on. The emphasis is on the past, on convergence, on origins, and on necessity rather than on the future, divergence, destinations, and freedom"

And any article which links Heidegger to Jennifer Lopez is OK by me.