[lbo-talk] McLemee's Derrida obit

[C. G. Estabrook]

I don't know if that's quite fair to (particularly later) Derrida, but it
certainly captures wonderfully the pomo pall in US universities
post-Vietnam.  --CGE

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, joanna bujes wrote:


> > "There was a sense of urgency when we encountered it," she said, 
> > "urgency in the context of the American political circumstances at the 
> > time. It was a few months after Kent State. But we were intellectuals 
> > who were not willing just to condemn the university, to renounce rigor 
> > of thought, in order to get out into the streets."
> >
> Yeah, I'd say this captures Derrida's influence perfectly. Put your 
> urgency where it won't hurt your job prospects.
>