Re: MD Postmodernism on the skids

From: David MOREY (us@divadeus.freeserve.co.uk)
Date: Sat Jan 31 2004 - 16:49:27 GMT

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    Hi Platt

    Yes, taking what is good in post-modernism
    and rejecting what is bad is what we need to do
    and then move on. I am now looking at the new
    realist ideas of Roy Bhaskar's Critical Realism
    that is looking to get us back to a more radical
    left-wing politics, and re-think Marx in the context
    of a rejection of the anti-DQ nature of communism
    in Eastern Europe, and that within the context of
    a bringing together Eastern and Western notions
    of enlightenment.

    regards
    David M
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Platt Holden" <pholden@sc.rr.com>
    To: <moq_discuss@moq.org>
    Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 12:38 PM
    Subject: MD Postmodernism on the skids

    > 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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