Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 09:28:00 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Re: cantankerousness


On Wed, 16 May 2001, bourdieu-digest wrote:

> bourdieu-digest        Wednesday, May 16 2001        Volume 01 : Number 453

> Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 21:33:31 
> From: "kent strock" <sigmund5-AT-hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: cantakerousness

> As for you Derridian inspired accusation that simon is after 
> transparency of language leaves me dumb struck. Your comment seems that 
> because Simon, or anyone else, who is rigoursous in his writing they are 
> pursuing a Habermasian dream. Your comment seems to be quite a novel 
> interpretation of Derrida and overlooks certain similarities between B. 
> conception of fuzzy logic and academic self-reflexivity and deconstruction.

Kent, my earlier comment (asking whether Simon's distaste for the
extraneous weren't akin to a desire for transparency) was not intended, at
least, to be an interpretation of Derrida (or, in fact, to be Derridean--I
hope it was "Jonian"!).  Nor was it an accusation, or rather I hope my
comments aren't taken in the spirit of accusation and
counter-accusation.  It was meant as a contribution to this reflexive
dialogue over what we want from this list.

In general, I think that discussion lists such as this one often promise
the earth, especially perhaps to those who see themselves as marginalised
from academia--it promises a surrogate or parallel space of thought.  And
yes, sometimes they fulfil that function, but often they disappoint, not
least because those who feel themselves more fully within academia have
much less at stake.

Cantankerousness and bitterness then can arise.

> kent strock

Take care

Jon

Jon Beasley-Murray
Spanish and Portuguese
University of Manchester
jon.beasley-murray-AT-man.ac.uk

http://www.art.man.ac.uk/spanish/jbm.html
http://www.art.man.ac.uk/lacs/

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