Not to my knowledge. But that isn't necessarily the point. There are many intermediary figures between de Onis and Lyotard.
It's always always true to say of nearly any theorist and any essay using their work 'but it's much more complex than this.'
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Making broader judgements on a theorist's oeuvre is perfectly legitimate, but I feel many do so without yet knowing it well enough
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I'll leave you to defend their honour. I'm more focused on postmodernism in practice. Wrote this comment on criticism of my piece.pic.twitter.com/Iy5YKv39PX
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That is where I disagree somewhat. I think that type of identity politics has some equally strong roots elsewhere.
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In human nature. But theoretical bases for epistemic relativity & identity politics & cultural constructivism come from academic left
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Identity politics massively relates to C18-19 nationalism, I would say. And other forms of post-Enlightenment disenchantment with universals
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It relates to almost everything. Its what we humans do. But the postmodern left is not nationalist.
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I disagree fundamentally - the postmodern left comes with a virulent strain of Anglo-American nationalism and triumphalism.
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We're talking about completely different things then. I am not talking about nationalists.
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Yes, and it's often true. But Lyotard is haunted by one book, and usually just a few sections from that book.
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I'm not really concerned with attacking or defending Lyotard. More interested in what his ideas have sparked.
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I appreciate that. But I wonder if you are making something into a primarily French phenomenon, when I think it is more of a US one?
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I don't think I've commented much, if at all, on its effects on French society. I know the UK & then the US much better.
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It can be interesting to ask many in the US who cannibalise Derrida, apparently, whether they have read him in French?
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It doesn't seem particularly interesting to me. I'm more interested in what they do with it and how it affects society.
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