Staying Alive: A Response to Alison Stone and Stephen Frosh

Alison Stone and Stephen Frosh (this issue) offered in their discussions alternative ways to read the story of Lot’s wife and through these readings have raised important questions as to how theoretical writing can intervene in cultural processes. Enriched by Stone’s suggestions, I further elaborate on the thesis that nonmatricidal relations should be thought as a transformative process, a process that integrates concrete social location with relational foundations. Following Frosh’s critique, I elaborate on the political meaning of the notion of grounded interpretation.