[lbo-talk] On the Pomo

T Fast tfast at yorku.ca
Tue Feb 8 00:24:08 PST 2005


For a good polemic see Descent into Discourse by B Palmer. Actually locates what you have called a relativism (what might be more accurately described as a positionalism) partly in Marx. Anyway it is actually a fun read and is very plain and will give you plenty of ammo to load your anti-pomo gun with.

----- Original Message ----- From: "snit snat" <snitilicious at tampabay.rr.com> To: <lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 10:45 PM Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] Marc Cooper's flipping out over Churchill


> At 10:26 PM 2/7/2005, Jon Johanning wrote:
> At least until someone can come up with an account of it in ordinary
> English which is guaranteed to be an authentic account of it. (If that's
> possible.)
>
>
>
> They can't give an objective account of it -- cause it's all perspectival!
> *grin*
>
> I agree, though, that those excerpts (and I only skimmed) don't seem to be
> fair representations of postmodernism/poststructuralism.
>
> I _really_ like Richard Bernstein's work in _Beyond Objectivism and
> Relativism_ and _The New Constellation". He is exemplary when it comes to
> internal critique. That is, he takes the object of his criticism quite
> seriously, placing the authors in the best light possible and working from
> there. Another person you might enjoy reading is Brian Fay -- though I
> haven't read any of his latest stuff. His earlier work, _Social Theory and
> Political Practice_ and _Critical Social Science_ (I think that's the
> title) work from a pragmatist tradition, but he's heavily influenced by
> uh, uh, uh, (brain dead here -- the Brit school of philosophy Justin's
> buddy, John somethingorother) so he develop tight arguments. I suspect he
> was influenced by Justus Buchler in that regard. Dunno.
>
> Anyhooty, if you're ever of a mind to read something readable, I'd
> recommend Bernstein (and Fay if he has more recent stuff addressing pomo)
> because I really think you'd enjoy them _and_ because Bernstein's work,
> IMO, has very practical applications to the very things we talk about --
> political practice.
>
>
> k
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>
> "We live under the Confederacy.
> We're a podunk bunch of swaggering
> pious hicks."
>
> --Bruce Sterling
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