Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 08:09:30 -0400 (EDT) From: Santiago Colas <scolas-AT-umich.edu> Subject: Re: Sokal and ethics Excuse me, Rahul, I'm not trying to be an asshole. But it seems like much of what goes on this list, as on m1 before it, turned on struggling to figure out just what a leftist was. How many arguments have been spawned on this list by one participant questioning the credentials of another. I'm not saying he is or he isn't. All I'm saying, and I can be a bit more specific here, is that the Sandinista revolution drew active support from a relatively broad sector of the United States; so that one's being there doesn't make one a "leftist", nor does the other evidence Sokal offers: that he agrees with the ST editorial collective on every social issue. Rather than this "mine's longer" approach to claiming the purity of one's political credential, it might be more productive to actually figure out what it might mean to call oneself a leftist and how that measures up with one's objective position. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Santiago Colas e-mail: scolas-AT-umich.edu Asst. Professor phone: (313) 763-4352 Latin American and Comparative Literature fax: (313) 764-8163 University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1275 USA On Sun, 26 May 1996, Rahul Mahajan wrote: > Don't be an asshole, Santiago. Sokal says he's a leftist and, unless you > know something to the contrary, you have no business impugning his > political credentials. > > Rahul > > > > > --- from list marxism2-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- > --- from list marxism2-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
Display software: ArchTracker © Malgosia Askanas, 2000-2005