[lbo-talk] How radical was Derrida? (was 'does anyone read poststructuralism anymore?')

[Andy]

On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Alan Rudy <alan.rudy at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Andy <andy274 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Nov 7, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Alan Rudy <alan.rudy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >> the key is which reactionaries you're talking about... Sokal, it seems
>> to
>> > me, wants politics and science separated so he can take on reactionary
>> > politics in physics - from funding to research programs to right wing
>> > scientists - but believes this is only possible because he separates
>> > politics and science.
>>
>> Where do you get any of this?
>>
>
>
> >From quite close readings - at the time - of his explanation/s of the hoax
> and parallels between the kinds of arguments he made in those texts and
> interviews and the arguments against constructionism by other traditional
> lefty (and liberal) scientists... have I misremembered something?  I'll
> admit it's been a decade or more and that I've not gone back and reread
> anything...

I just don't remember anything about him suggesting basing funding on
scientists' politics.  But then I wouldn't know a constructionist from
a ruptured spleen.

-- 
Andy