Logocentrism

[Paul Mackin]

On the Sunday Henry Adams discussion on C-span2, Brooks Simpson the
author of _The Political Education of Henry Adams_ was asked what
he thought of _The Education of Henry Adams_ being named by Modern
Library to be the best NONfiction book of the century. He answered that it
might have been all right if they had left off the non.

			P.

On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, jbor wrote:

> 
> > Pynchon 
> > writes fiction and it makes sense to say so, whereas Derrida writes
> > nonfiction and it makes sense to say that too.
> snip
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> But what is the point of creating such an opposition unless to implicitly
> privilege one text over the other in a particular context? What if the
> reader gains historical/philosophical insight from the former, or finds
> pleasant diversion in the latter? By demanding the imposition and utility of
> these categories, and thereby endorsing and perpetuating the implicit
> conventions (rules) which supposedly govern such categories, aren't you
> effectively limiting the possibilities of the texts?
> 
> best
> 
> 
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> >From: Muchasmasgracias at cs.com
> >To: wonk at ohsu.edu, pynchon-l at waste.org
> >Subject: Re: Logocentrism
> >Date: Tue, Jun 20, 2000, 11:14 AM
> >
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