Derrida down under

[Yoshie Furuhashi]

Catherine:
>it is so frustrating that it seems impossible to discuss
>post-structuralism or even recent cultural theory in any form with
>Americans without having to talk about some all too vague and loose
>version of 'postmodernism' meaning.<

I'm not American, nor are Terry Eagleton, David Harvey, Peter Dews, Roy
Bhaskar, etc.  (And no postmodernist has published a decent intellectual
reply to them, I may add.)

There are differences between, say, Methodists and Anglicans, but they are
both Christians nonetheless.  One may put Derrida, Foucault, Lacan,
Lyotard, etc. in the same school of thought, while also recognizing
differences.  Whether you call that school postmodern or post-structuralist
doesn't make much difference when the object of critique is the common
traits among them.

Yoshie