Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 18:32:30 -0500
From: rahul-AT-peaches.ph.utexas.edu (Rahul Mahajan)
Subject: Re: Fem what? -Reply


Leo:

>I still find
>myself surprised by the extent to which I am superfacially categorized as
>post-modernist, anti-scientific, anti-rational, etc. in these discussions,
>despite my many criticisms of the work which would be considered
>post-modernist, simply because I chose to take it seriously and engage it.

You're not being categorized as postmodernist, etc. The fact that you
"chose to take it seriously and engage it" is, however, a problem, because
such efforts lend credence to a great deal of shoddy, intellectually
dishonest, superficial, and irresponsible work. Many of the brightest stars
in the postmodern firmament are getting by on crap that is worse than the
stuff their undergraduates write for them. Examples to come.

Rahul




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