Science vs. Ideology (was Re: foucault? relativist? ROTFL!)

[Michael Hoover]

> Therefore, those of us who have not given up on Marxism or an adventure to
> create a classless society cannot do without the concept of ideology (that
> stands in opposition to truth).  On the other hand, for those post-Marxists
> who have abondoned this objective (such as Foucault), it makes a lot of
> sense to say that science can never be distinguished from ideology.  In
> this sense, postmodernism is an ideological expression of the despair of
> leftist intellectuals.  'No Future,' they sometimes shout in a futile
> protest.  At other times, postmodernism helps them to reconcile themselves
> to a 'world without a communist future.'
> Yoshie

'...and england's dreaming...we mean it maaan...!'

Foucault, Lacan, Levi-Strauss, Barthes...debate between structuralism 
and post-structuralism was rarified ideological expression of 
transition from statist expansionism to neo-liberal austerity in 1970s 
and thereafter...     Michael Hoover