>I am not perfectly happy with 'role' to be honest, but was trying to find a good analogy for those who haven't read my influences. I've always appreciated the

>I am not perfectly happy with 'role' to be honest, but was trying to find a good analogy for those who haven't read my influences. I've always appreciated the simplicity of Heidegger's way of talking about this in terms of 'as' vs. 'is.' There's a degree of abstraction there that, I suppose, may not work for everyone, but I find it encapsulates the issue quite well. Deleuze is also excellent here -- I saw you mentioned BwO (and have Nomadology referenced in your profile), but I think you would particularly like The Fold and parts of Difference and Repetition, both of which approach the 'is' as endlessly, imperfectly repeated 'as', much the way one thinks of DNA mutatedly reproducing itself. Making a mental note to raid my library tonight and pull out some choice bits to send your way.