If I've already shared this @HPluckrose essay on postmodernism, PC left & post-truth right, it's worth sharing againhttps://areomagazine.com/2017/03/27/how-french-intellectuals-ruined-the-west-postmodernism-and-its-impact-explained/ …
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Replying to @CathyYoung63 @HPluckrose
I think the problem is the over reliance by Americans on French 20th c. philosophers, even where the French wouldn't take them seriously.
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But Foucault is invaluable when it comes to his analysis of the surveillance state in Discipline and Punish, a prophet of what was to come.
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I think some of the backlash is very unfair, such as Sokal and Bricmont's uncharitable and misleading characterization of Irigaray.
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Replying to @sc0ttttttttt @CathyYoung63
Did they? I noticed they misread Lacan's depiction of 'below the bar' as an equation that didn't work when it was never an equation
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Replying to @HPluckrose @CathyYoung63
From what I can tell, the "sexed equation" that they quote never appears in the original text, French or English. Unless earlier edition?
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Replying to @sc0ttttttttt
Really? She didn't speak of the speed of light being masculine? I admit I can't recall tho I've used her a lot in my work.
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Replying to @sc0ttttttttt @HPluckrose
Would need to see the original books to make any strong claims, of course.
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I have them all, I think. I'll look into it. I must admit, it does sound very like something she would say!
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