From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Thu Jan 29 2004 - 12:38:50 GMT
Hi All,
Several times I've written about the decline of postmodern theory. Another
nail in the coffin is provided by an article in the Jan. 27 edition of the
Christian Science Monitor that can be found at:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0127/p11s01-legn.html
My favorite passage:
"In Chicago last spring at a discussion sponsored by the journal 'Critical
Inquiry' cutting-edge thinkers such as Stanley Fish, Frederic Jameson,
Homi Bhabha and Henry Louis Gates Jr. spent two hours saying that
postmodern theory was ineffective and no longer mattered in the world
outside academe, if it ever did."
Since the MD is outside the world of academe, postmodernism is no longer
relevant to our discussions--according to those who ought to know. :-)
Another great line from the article:
"How did the notion that There is No Truth become The Truth?"
I recommend the article to all who still cling to the fantasy that
postmodernism has something to offer students of the MOQ.
Platt
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