tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752043102302398548.post3973754131801196825..comments2023-10-14T08:21:36.173-07:00Comments on Karl reMarks: The Empire of Cheese: An Interview with Joseph Massad Karl Sharrohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17442368022521436709noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752043102302398548.post-287984307626702902013-03-23T17:32:31.151-07:002013-03-23T17:32:31.151-07:00DECOLONIZE DAIRY
DECOLONIZE DAIRY
DECOLONIZE DAIRY...DECOLONIZE DAIRY<br />DECOLONIZE DAIRY<br />DECOLONIZE DAIRY<br />DECOLONIZE DAIRY<br />DECOLONIZE DAIRYtbkajihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15828331083243876987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752043102302398548.post-27772327458010347502013-03-08T18:13:05.564-08:002013-03-08T18:13:05.564-08:00Use of word jargon was too flippant. But Marxism w...Use of word jargon was too flippant. But Marxism was and is indeed a Eurocentric view of society. Different systems of patronage vastly complicate the formation of class in non-European settings. It is still the most instructive system of critique we have, but let's face it, academia remains a collection of very Eurocentric disciplines. Marx's understanding of capital accumulation through the extraction of labour value and control of distribution is prob the most universal of his contributions. Maybe even alienation and commodity fetishism apply to all capitalist formations, but assumptions of social organisation certainly needs to be revised or adapted for proper revolutionary potential to be understood in each context. Or else, Marx's ideas will remain talking points of well-intentioned, well-educated (Europeanised) middle classes the world over without much relevance. This is a travesty of his legacy. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752043102302398548.post-91016842193369846902013-03-08T17:54:30.636-08:002013-03-08T17:54:30.636-08:00C'mon mate, at least admit you were poking fun...C'mon mate, at least admit you were poking fun at the original interviewer's names because they were unusual, that's the only reason your choice of names is funny or supposedly satirical. You added the Django Unchained accolade to make * your * latent racism taste better. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752043102302398548.post-74062055897211649522013-03-08T13:18:58.625-08:002013-03-08T13:18:58.625-08:00"de-Europeanised their thinking"? That&#..."de-Europeanised their thinking"? That's the most absurd cultural reductionism. Marxism by that logic was 'colonial jargon'. Karl Sharrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17442368022521436709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752043102302398548.post-78108335835976883962013-03-08T13:14:26.657-08:002013-03-08T13:14:26.657-08:00why do you think they are strange names? they don&...why do you think they are strange names? they don't sound strange to me. I think you should check yourself for latent racism. Karl Sharrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17442368022521436709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752043102302398548.post-10784541111048735612013-03-08T12:59:24.137-08:002013-03-08T12:59:24.137-08:00"Alex Osman Fassbinder and Mga Mga Mawali Mxm..."Alex Osman Fassbinder and Mga Mga Mawali Mxmachk (the x is silent)"? Really? Have we gone so low as to make fun of people for having "strange" (aka non-white) sounding names? I'm surprised Karl didn't remark on potential clicking sounds in their names...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752043102302398548.post-12139587424153560702013-03-07T18:21:24.645-08:002013-03-07T18:21:24.645-08:00Ok people, before you get carried away, this isn&#...Ok people, before you get carried away, this isn't even critique of Massad, it's the use of academic-style language banalised into a funny skit. Fair enough - if you find that kind of thing funny that's your problem. But it in no way challenges his point that social mobilization by European-derived categories have limited horizons and replicate colonial thinking and practices. At best you'll get pseudo-democracy/ rule of law/ rights, etc. but no real liberation. Just look at Latin America. What a great mess the hundreds of years of independence have achieved, they never de-Europeanised their thinking, elites are coopted and its still the US's backyard. There must be ways of mobilizing people while bypassing this colonial jargon and its legacy, no? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752043102302398548.post-3835009395335794712013-03-06T09:59:07.993-08:002013-03-06T09:59:07.993-08:00correction:
What guarantee do you HAVE that future...correction:<br />What guarantee do you HAVE that future generations . . . .Eliyahu m'Tsiyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07973268399414290195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752043102302398548.post-61897746556903539142013-03-06T09:56:56.450-08:002013-03-06T09:56:56.450-08:00What guarantee do you that future generations --wh...What guarantee do you that future generations --whether or not fromageophiles-- will read or will want to read Massad's scribbling or will even know who he is?Eliyahu m'Tsiyonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07973268399414290195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752043102302398548.post-92208021962727141372013-03-06T06:46:08.436-08:002013-03-06T06:46:08.436-08:00I would like to have seen more about cheese's ...I would like to have seen more about cheese's role in desserts like konafeh and how this simultaneously challenges several binary distinctions: sheep's milk/cow's milk, sweet cheese/salty cheese, solid cheese/liquid creamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752043102302398548.post-2073727031249030642013-03-06T04:58:39.279-08:002013-03-06T04:58:39.279-08:00Personal attacks with no substance is typical of p...Personal attacks with no substance is typical of people who read or support massaad or other academics, people who have achieved nothing in their lives and trying to cover that with pseudo-intellectual publication that has no substance except trying to undermine the work done by others, Karl actually did the right thing, making fun of them, these people should not be taken seriously Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752043102302398548.post-79775842468244540742013-03-06T01:56:11.991-08:002013-03-06T01:56:11.991-08:00You really have outdone yourself, the only problem...You really have outdone yourself, the only problem is that while people will continue to be impacted, provoked, challenged, and even frustrated, irritated by Massad for years to come they will continue to read and discuss his work. This piece of writing on the other hand is so astoundingly banal, so analytically and intellectually poor even as satire---that no one will continue to read or remember it in years to come. I dare say no one will be reading this entire pseudo-intellectual 'body of writing' but somehow they will still be reading Massad---perhaps that's what this all about. But thank you for the light entertainment many of us find you rather amusing although sadly most of wont be returning to this one hit wonder site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752043102302398548.post-23197886866310471712013-03-06T01:54:14.740-08:002013-03-06T01:54:14.740-08:00This is the best reply to these pretentious academ...This is the best reply to these pretentious academics ! Thank you Georges azzihttp://gazzi.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752043102302398548.post-4284590408642162572013-03-06T00:15:21.048-08:002013-03-06T00:15:21.048-08:00"AOF & MMMM: Well, if you are in a shop a..."AOF & MMMM: Well, if you are in a shop and you want to buy some cheese? Surely that’s the point of shared linguistic signifiers?" <br /> = <br />"Well, if you're a gay sex-tourist going shopping in the Middle-East, Cuba or South-East Asia, and you want to buy some exotic man-meat, how are you to find it if you can't freely use labels such as gay? Doesn't it make it harder to shop around?" <br /> Conclusion: a blog for non-dairy queens? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752043102302398548.post-58011850522744782702013-03-05T12:24:02.877-08:002013-03-05T12:24:02.877-08:00The problem is that this interview is more compreh...The problem is that this interview is more comprehensible than the one it parodies.Dexter Van Zilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03074355698633723579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752043102302398548.post-74861157102761724882013-03-05T12:24:01.719-08:002013-03-05T12:24:01.719-08:00Brilliant article. This just confirms what I have ...Brilliant article. This just confirms what I have been saying all these years. Maybe the cheese conglomerates will now finally sit up and LISTEN!LaughingCownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752043102302398548.post-13944288901153079942013-03-05T12:16:39.480-08:002013-03-05T12:16:39.480-08:00Thank you, Karl, for having the courage to post th...Thank you, Karl, for having the courage to post this unique and groundbreaking analysis from Professor Massad which could never have appeared in the hegemonic mainstream media. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752043102302398548.post-42520107592605935042013-03-05T11:32:07.833-08:002013-03-05T11:32:07.833-08:00God, you are one brilliant and funny dude. My stom...God, you are one brilliant and funny dude. My stomach literally hurts from laughing so hard.Elizabethhttp://muddleast.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752043102302398548.post-44693932747885583992013-03-05T11:27:54.434-08:002013-03-05T11:27:54.434-08:00Best line: "tying those labels to distinct co...Best line: "tying those labels to distinct consumable, and spreadable, categories..."<br /><br />:) <br /><br />Awiyyyyyyyyyyyyyeh. Qifa Nabkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279888385008207910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752043102302398548.post-4908163258602692482013-03-05T10:30:44.705-08:002013-03-05T10:30:44.705-08:00Brilliant comments.Brilliant comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3752043102302398548.post-2210001560827917692013-03-05T10:26:33.381-08:002013-03-05T10:26:33.381-08:00Cheese milk yogurt. Liban. Haleb. Seems an immense...Cheese milk yogurt. Liban. Haleb. Seems an immense Stalingrad style conflict over Haleb at the moment. <br /><br />Of course Nan style bread & sheep / goat milk based cheese is ubiquitous in Middle East but a speciality here in UK. antony goddardhttp://d4maths.lowtech.orgnoreply@blogger.com