26-12-2012, 09:57 PM
Jan Klimkowski Wrote:Magda Hassan Wrote:Hell has a special place for those who promote post modernism. Next to the Social Democrats. It has been the biggest bunch of wankery in academia and has distracted generations from the real issues.
Yup - the Post Modernsists deserve to be burnt at the stake, whilst the Mockingbirds chirp contentedy.....
Well, I might as well walk into the propeller. What the hell.
Calling postmodernism as wankery goes too far. Yes, getting a PhD in feminist studies with a PhD entitled: Madonna as postmodern myth: how one star's self-construction rewrites sex, gender, Hollywood, and the American dream on par with a PhD on Dostoevsky surely is the self-definition of crap. I remember learned conversations in the '60's would always be ended with the equivalent a Cheech Marin type of guy saying (imagine the voice): Hey man, you can't say that, man. That's like ... you know ... a value judgment! The logical end is that no kind of discourse could be allowed without it being relativized, and therefore, made trivial. All discourse becomes absurd except to continually point out the absurdity of continuing to communicate.
On other hand, postmodern analysis has its place. Edward Said's Orientalism and Culture and Imperialism are brilliant.
There's more to say but I'll stop with that.
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