sadness of america/bad postmodernism

[John Doe]

Incidentally, if I have to point out the obvious logic
here; if Derrida did a one-shot abuse, it can be for
the simple reason that he only made one reference to
an area of thinking he knows nothing about...so...if
his one attempt to "use" his enormous scientific
intuition was flawed, it doesn't shine well, now does
it? Maybe he knew enough not to pretend to know more
where he clearly didn't...I mean, getting real here,
dude; are YOU prepared to vouch for his phenomenal
scientific acumen? What's your "subtext" on that
score?

--- Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From Alan Sokal and Jean Bricmont, Fashionable
> Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science
> (New York: Picador, 1998), "Introduction"  ...
> 
>    "Let us emphasize that these authors differ
> enormously in their attitude toward science and the
> importance they give it. They should not be lumped
> together in a single category, and we want to warn
> the
> reader against the temptation to do so. For example,
> although the quotation from Derrida contained in
> Sokal's parody is rather amusing, it is a one-shot
> abuse; since there is no systematic misuse of (or
> indeed attention to) science in Derrida's work,
> there
> is no chapter on Derrida in this book." (p. 8)
> 
> Too much fun, not enough read, apparently ...
> 
> --- John Doe <tristero69 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > 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...
> 
> 
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