Date: Mon, 2 Oct 1995 18:52:50 -0700
From: nologos-AT-primenet.com (Sam Vagenas)
Subject: Re: Interpretation vs. Life


>Sam,
>
>I agree with you that this tension you identify is (a) inescapable and (b)
>"healthy" or an object of 'affirmation' or whatever.  The disagreement I have,
>however, is your characterization of post-whatever philosophies as negative
>theologies because they seek to escape this tension.  Considering that each of
>these camps accuses the other of trying to do that (as Derrida accused 
>Foucault, as so many others accuse Derrida, etc.) while claiming that they
>are the only ones who feel this escape is indeed impossible, I would be very
>suspicious of the suggestion that any of them are seeking such an escape.
>
>Nathan

What I meant by the critical tightrope is the fact that these thinkers do
not claim to ultimately escape.   Vattimo has an interesting notion --
postmodernism and an ongoing tension within modernity.   



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