Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 11:30:16 -0400 (EDT) From: "Bryan N. Alexander" <bnalexan-AT-umich.edu> Subject: Re: Sokal and ethics A local note: Detroit's rightist union-busting NEWS ran an editorial calling the discourse Sokal satirized "leftist," not "postmodern" or "deconstructionist" etc. On Sun, 26 May 1996, Doug Henwood wrote: > At 5:51 AM 5/26/96, Ralph Dumain wrote: > > >If any of these pricks lift a finger against Sokal, it's time to declare > >war on these culturral studies/pomo shits. Doo you really think > >Sokal is vulnerable? Acccording to him, he is a real leftist. THat > >could make him vulnerrable. > > No kidding. If he were a neo-con, he'd be all over TV, besieged with book > and think-tank offers, a genuine Fukuyama-esque celebrity. Since he's a > leftist, none of that applies, and his ass may even be in danger. Compare > the prestige and salaries of Sokal with those of Andrew Ross and Stanley > Aronowitz, and you can see which is the real threat to the social order, > and which is the safe, system-protecting form of "rebellion." The latter is > a perfect example of what Tom Frank and the Baffler boys call the > "commodification of dissent." > > Doug > > -- > > Doug Henwood > Left Business Observer > 250 W 85 St > New York NY 10024-3217 > USA > +1-212-874-4020 voice > +1-212-874-3137 fax > email: <dhenwood-AT-panix.com> > web: <http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/LBO_home.html> > > > > > --- from list marxism2-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- > Bryan Alexander Department of English email: bnalexan-AT-umich.edu University of Michigan phone: (313) 764-0418 Ann Arbor, MI USA 48103 fax: (313) 763-3128 http://www.umich.edu/~bnalexan --- from list marxism2-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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