I don’t think we are living in a postmodern political era and I think that term gets through around too frequently. I would need to see a better justification of this.
However, if one were to read this rally through a post structuralist perspective Michel De Certeau’s The Practice of Everyday Living would be relevant here specifically with the emphasis on travel and traffic and perspective and the third part of the book with chapters 7 (Walking in the City) and chapters 8 (Railway Navigation and Incarceration).
I actually had the exact same thought as Stewart when I was trying to leave New York through the Holland tunnel-so many cars, so many things can go wrong, so many different types of people, yet all are able to cede power to make sure that everyone exits safely. This is a very interesting and important political metaphor that I would like to see explored further.
]]>Just a quick transatlantic addition: while BBC coverage (I am more of a radio than TV man these days) features interview after interview with Tea Party members, the rally went largely unmentioned over the weekend and today.
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