Fish weighs in

Gary Ashwill gna at duke.edu
Mon Oct 15 11:48:04 PDT 2001


Condemnation Without Absolutes BY STANLEY FISH Postmodern thought argues against the hope of justifying our response to the Sept. 11 attacks in universal terms.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/15/opinion/15FISH.html?todaysheadlines

This is actually an explanation of how postmodernist relativism can help fight the enemy...but a useful riposte to the "understanding=justification" crowd, in any case.



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