sadness of america/bad postmodernism

[Joel Katz]

how the fuck did a thread critiquing ID become yet another walleyed circle 
jerk "refuting" postmodernism?   you really are a bunch of faggots.  this 
list used to be cool.




>From: John Doe <tristero69 at yahoo.com>
>To: Mark Brawner <mark.brawner at gmail.com>, pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: sadness of america/bad postmodernism
>Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:28:46 -0700 (PDT)
>
>I have the book that article was made into, and I
>recommend it to every Derrida-head out there: It's
>titled "Fashionable Nonsense", and does a blow-by-blow
>citation of certain Lit Crit Gurus who abused the
>terms and meanings of science in their writings...good
>stuff..if anything, I find Sokal to be TOO apologetic;
>like he's trying to correct the mistakes and gross
>misuse but also ameliorating the hurt feelings of
>Post-Modernists Honchos...it's a fun read...
>
>--- Mark Brawner <mark.brawner at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On 10/11/05, Sean Mannion
> > <third_eye_unmoved at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > And while we're all on the ludicrous aspects of
> > post-modernism and
> > > 'intelligent design', I was reminded of an article
> > on the Sokal Affair, to
> > > be found here:
> > >
> >
>http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/philo/faculty/boghossian/papers/bog_tls.html
> >
> > "It appeared in April 1996, in a special double
> > issue of the journal
> > devoted to rebutting the charge that cultural
> > studies critiques of
> > science tend to be riddled with incompetence."
> >
> > That is too good.  I'd forgotten that detail if I
> > ever knew it.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
>
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