Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2002 08:36:01 -0400 From: Phil Ryan <philip_ryan-AT-carleton.ca> Subject: Re: foucault-digest V2 #567 Ali Rizvi wrote: > I guess in America these days poor 'postmodernists' are in trouble. > They may be next in line after Al-Qaida and Iraq. In fact I remember > reading in NYT few days back an article that 'establishes' direct > link between 'postmodernist' thinking and September 11! To be specific: Edward Rothstein argued that po-mo leaves us without a ^Ótranscendent ethical perspective.^Ô All we have with which to confront the assassins of September are our own ^Ócompeting claims.^Ô This leads to our ^Órelativizing^Ô the claims of the West, and ^Óqualifying condemnations of the opposition^Ô NYT, July 13 Rothstein was responding to an article from the guru of US po-mo lite, Stanley Fish. I can dig out the URL of the latter, if anyone is interested. Phil Ryan PS: Apologies if this arrives twice: emailer problems.
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