From: kellner-AT-ccwf.cc.utexas.edu Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 12:15:14 -0500 (CDT) Subject: Re: The code, JB, Best and Kellner Gary: You should read books before you comment on them. Our POSTMODERN THEORY is neither a glorification nor a hatchet job but an explication and what we call "critical interrogation" that discerns useful and problematic aspects. AND we have a nuanced reading of Baudrillard's extremely complex relation to postmodern theory. Check it out in the website on my sig file, Cheers, DK On Mon, 26 Apr 1999, Gary Norris wrote: > the best and kellner book is at fault because it is a glorification of > pomo discourse... > > they think jb is a postmodernist...funny, really... > > > as concerns the code > > i was carrying it around in my backpocket and accidently lost it in the > laundry...from what i remember it had to with rain and shampoo...rubbish > actually > > > gary > > > > > > > Hi. Me again with a question. Someone please let me know if I become > > bothersome. Just trying to get the most out of my reading. > > > > Before I started into JB (my gf, a phil. of art type demands I use 'JB' > > rather than 'Baud') I read a Best & Kellners Postmodernism text. IIRC, > > they chastised JB for never really explaining what the "code" is and > > how it works. > > > > I've just finished the System of Objects section which describes the > > code and I find it fairly obvious what the code is and how it would > > work. I certainly could not give a logical equation for the precise > > relationship between objects and subjects, however, I'm not sure this > > is required. > > > > What is it exactly that Best & Keller want from JB? Have I been overly > > sympathetic in my reading and/or missed something? Or are they just > > picky to a fault? > > > > Thanks, > > Josh > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Get your free -AT-yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > Douglas Kellner, Dept of Philosophy, Univ of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 kellner-AT-ccwf.cc.utexas.edu fax: 512 471-4806 Web sites: Postmodern theory= http://ccwf.cc.utexas.edu/~kellner/pm/pm.html Critical theory= http://www.uta.edu/english/dab/illuminations/
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