sadness of america/bad postmodernism

John Doe tristero69 at yahoo.com
Tue Oct 11 21:46:06 CDT 2005


Who the fuck is "refuting" postmodernism in toto, pal?
Major overgeneralization ; ( man, what a relief to
know I'm not the ONLY one ;  )We are , respectively,
refuting or supporting FEATURES of it...not the whole
fuckin' thing...get a grip Charlie...chill dude.....

--- Joel Katz <mittelwerk at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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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