From Heidegger to Pomos

Jim heartfield jim at heartfield.demon.co.uk
Mon Dec 14 04:20:49 PST 1998


In message <c92d4f91.36743ffc at aol.com>, JKSCHW at aol.com writes
>In a message dated 98-12-11 10:01:09 EST, you write:On what, exactly? Rorty talks taht way and he's often rather vague and windy.
>But on many things and perthaps longer ago than makes me comfortable to
>recall, he has been deep and interesting. I was a student of his at Tigertown
>in the 1970s, when he was still writing Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature, a
>brilliant and tendentious book. --jks

Yes, it is. I don't agree with it, but it is pretty good. I also thought he scored some points against left cultural criticism in his most recent book, though again, I didn't agree with his overall patriotic outlook.

-- Jim heartfield



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