The puzzle is that as far as I can see Derrida did not have an apolitical impact in France; actually he and his theoretical moment shook up the French republican/colonial ideology and its epistemological manifestations. ^^^^^^^ CB: Another puzzle: How did a "a liberal with boring politics" shake up the French republican/colonial ideology ?
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In the US the same texts were (often) used to avoid politics.
^^^^ CB: If he was a classical Marxist, the texts never would have made into the US curriclum.
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Maybe our mainstream ideologies are just more radical than those of France.
^^^^^ CB: Je le doute.
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I think rationalism is anti-theory, actually. And I don't think the US ruling class inculcated the masses with Derrida....
^^^^^ CB: Well, theory is rational, anyway.
They let bunches of US intellectuals get jobs teaching it.