Obscurantisme Terroriste

Jun 06, 2006 14:58

With Derrida, you can hardly misread him, because he's so obscure ( Read more... )

derrida, jargon, postmodernism, thelongarmofthesocialsciences, academianuts, foucault, searle, theory, deconstruction

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springheel_jack June 7 2006, 14:05:30 UTC
He's just mad about Ltd Inc ABC. Now that Derrida is dead he can engage directly.

One could say similar things about John "the mind is conscious in the same way water is wet" Searle. He's vague and suggestive where Derrida is complex and elusive, but both can be ascribed wildly divergent interpretations. Except Searle's Construction of Social Reality, which has no meaning that I was able to discover.

But I'm more mad at him for being such an evil revanchist during the Berkeley canon wars.

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God, theorists are CAMP suburban_disco June 7 2006, 22:38:35 UTC
Was Foucault stroking a tiny weeny microscopic handbag when he said 'That's the terrorism part'? And then with the other hand pointing like Mick Jagger?

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anonymous July 8 2006, 12:01:35 UTC
Derrida is pretty wack, so is Searle. But Foucault, I understand.

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anonymous August 31 2008, 13:11:33 UTC
Foucault was dead-on.

Chomsky knew it, Searle knew it, Foucault knew it; Derrida is full of...

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"himself," let's say, to be nice.

I myself admit to being an ivory tower academic, but Derrida is just the kind of pissant who likes to count how many angels can fit on the tip of a needle, using the most obscure terminology that he can muster.

Obscurantisme terroriste.

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