Click here to read my introductory notes on Lyotard. . This week I am pleased to bring you an original piece by Gisela Schwartz and Lynn Hoffman. A paralogue is paralogical in that it brings in more than one voice in a dialogue or conversation. The voices relate to each other, influence each other on points, notice and offer associations to points, but the voices do not collapse into a single voice. Paralogy promotes the development of ideas without necessarily resulting in the consensual blending of voices.
People can continue to have different perspectives.
Paralogues, then, record this weaving without collapsing the writing into a single voice. The Schwarz and Hoffman piece, The Loyal Husband , is a an excellent example of such a paralogue. First, Schwartz tells the story of a client of hers, an farmer in Austria. Then, there is reflection on this case by Hoffman. The paralogy continues between their two voices without them melding into a single voice.