Are you sure these theorists were English majors?
I have three articles to present tomorrow in my feminist citizenship class, and my careful reading of these (I admit I usually skim) has made me, occasionally, want to tear out my hair. Here are some representative sentences:
"She contends that the Foucault's genealogical mapping of the convergence of relations of power theorises the motion and space of such articulations, but does not fully address the temporal nature of such manoeuvres." (Have you read the Foucault?)
"Following Butler, the constitution of the consumer-citizen can be formulated as the convergence of the non-thematisable space between the self and the not-self." (Gotcha.)
"The analysis of governmentalisation highlights the significance of neo-liberalism as not just simply a withdrawal of the state from the supposedly 'free market,' but rather as an actually more invasive instrumentalisation and meta-control of social life." (I believe you mean meta-controllisation.)
This one, fortunately, is just fun:
"What isn't clear is whether citizenship would mean much to a posthumanist cyborg."


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The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little pratice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog!
- Calvin (of Calvin and Hobbes)
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