[lbo-talk] Deconstructionism in contemporary leftish discourse

Andy andy274 at gmail.com
Fri Jan 16 10:23:43 PST 2015


On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Arthur Maisel <arthurmaisel at gmail.com> wrote:


> The problem that Andy is describing, however, is more that pomo provides
> nasty ammunition to those who want to score discursive points as a means of
> defeating opponents without having to debate the real issues. But that
> didn't start with pomo and I'm pretty sure won't end with it.
>

The latter is part of what I'm wondering about. Argumentative fallacy and rhetorical point-scoring are as old as the hills, but I wonder about the genealogy of a particular toolset and style.

-- Andy "It's a testament to ketchup that there can be no confusion."



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