we talk about the merits of "defamiliarization" in writing, but Warner asks whether difficult writing is an "effective strategy" for defamiliarization (and, if it is, he asks how it works (141))
one could argue that "the political benefits that flow from this strategy of resistance do so only within the restricted zone of academic culture"
> from Michael Warner's Publics and Counterpublics (2002)
> tagged with #language, #academia, #resistance
> created Jun 28, 2025 at 9:19:18 AM
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