[lbo-talk] Chomsky vs Marx/Lukacs

[ravi]

At around 20/10/06 5:42 pm, Jerry Monaco wrote:
> On 10/18/06, ravi <ravi.bulk at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Where exactly does Chomsky say forget structures, ideologies, etc? You
>> are open to carry out all forms of analysis as long as you can use some
>> consistent, meaningful language to demonstrate its general consistency
>> and applicability. In its better moments, this is the basic complaint
>> against postmodernism and some parts of sociology.
>
> 
> Here, here , ravi.  But let me get specific.
> 
> <...>
> 
> As far as "feteshized relationships" this is a term of art that Chomsky
> does do without because he believes such notions are either meaningless or
> exhibit "theoretical" pretensions where theory is not possible.  But then
> this last point gets into his ideas of the limits of knowledge and the
> narrowness of science.
> 

It seems to me that some "theory" leftists imitate the worst of science
(theoretical pretension/obfuscation) rather than the best (rationality,
parsimony, etc).

	--ravi