I have written about this before, as it seems to explain an increasing number of things in our lives. American literary theorist Avital Ronell was the first to use it, although she bows to Heidegger, and who doesn't, I ask.Quite. This weekend I was reading about obscene language in Attic comedy and it turns that that to bow to someone is to...Well, in the interest of promoting the family status of this blog, you'll have to intuit that, or read the book.