[lbo-talk] How radical was Derrida? (was does anyoen read postructuralism anymore?)

[Alan Rudy]

Thanks, James, I'll get my hands on it and look it over.
Though, knowing all the folks I cited, the basic idea that they are
retreating from reason is ridiculous on its face... perhaps Kumar and
Gillott take on others, I'll see and get back to you.
A

On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 4:36 AM, James Heartfield <
Heartfield at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:


> Alan Rudy writes:
>
> "Most interesting to me is the ways that the socialist feminist
> interactionists (and deconstructivists) end up in a place where what they
> are endorsing is a radical democratization of Merton's communalism... they
> are pushing for scientifically transparent engagements w/r/t social
> interests and technical consequences when it comes to science..."
>
> Well, good luck with that! If you want to read a scientists' response to
> the radical critique, I recommend my brother-in-law Manjit Kumar's book
> (with John Gillott) Science and the Retreat from Reason (Monthly Review
> Press/Merlin 1995).
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