Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 08:48:24 +0000 From: "steve.devos" <steve.devos-AT-krokodile.co.uk> Subject: Re: BHA: Voloshinov etc Tobin, Thanks - just wanted to establish whether it was just Lacan or psychoanbalysis in general that was the case. regards steve Tobin Nellhaus wrote: >"Steve" wrote: > > > >>Being a 'realist' (in relation to science) is whilst misguided but >>probably understandable, but being anti-psychoanalysis as well as >>anti-(saussurian style) linguistics - quite probably we'd come to >>serious intellectual blows over such reactionary positions... >> >> > >"Steve" has misread me, since I didn't say I oppose anti-psychoanalysis, >only Lacan, whose ideas (last I heard) are not the only theories of >psychoanalysis. There was, for example, Freud. Of course, "Steve" could >still be correct, but he has no way to know whether he is or isn't. > >Be that as it may, so long as "Steve" is tossing around political >accusations, I'd like to note that I for one do not think that realism >necessarily entails any particular political stance (much as I wish it did). >On the other hand, I don't think it's possible to have coherent progressive >politics *without* being a realist. Otherwise, one has no basis for >believing that some person or group has in fact experienced harm -- they >could merely be whiny weakling freeloaders looking for a handout, and anyone >who believes them is just a gullible oaf, right? > >T. > >--- >Tobin Nellhaus >nellhaus-AT-mail.com >"Faith requires us to be materialists without flinching": C.S. Peirce > > > > > --- from list bhaskar-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- > > > --- StripMime Warning -- MIME attachments removed --- This message may have contained attachments which were removed. Sorry, we do not allow attachments on this list. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- --- from list bhaskar-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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