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Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 21:08:24 -0500
Subject: [postanarchism] Rough draft: "Between Epistemological Dada and Pure Anarchy"
From: Edward Owaki <snarkthebold-AT-hotmail.com>


³Between Epistemological Dada and Pure Anarchy: Hatta Shûzô, Paul Feyerabend
and A Unified Critique of Science [very, very, very rough draft]²
By Edward Owaki

http://www.geocities.com/thenetophobe/feyerabend-shuzo.pdf

ABSTRACT: Paul Feyerabend¹s Against Method (1975), his famous call for
³epistemological anarchism,² criticizes social anarchism, especially
Kropotkin, for its scientism. However, it appears that a Japanese anarchist,
Hatta Shûzô, had already formed a similar critique of science in 1927; [more
work here] While the author is unable to prove actual similarity between
these critiques, this paper is intended to draw this parallel as something
to look into further.

ATTENTION CONSERVATION NOTICE: Horribly incomplete, as author reads much
faster than he writes; interesting but pure speculation; said speculation
utterly impossible to confirm without Hatta Shûzô¹s actual works; said works
are inaccessible and untranslated; might not be "post-" something, Paul
Feyerabend aside; all but a satire of anything resembling academic
standards.

==
This is a work still underway; I'd rather not post the text in this email,
largely because newer versions are forthcoming in short order. As it is,
though, I've lost too much sleep on this already, and I'd rather it be read
in draft form than fizzle out.

(To whomever it concerns: please don't post this on Infoshop. Yet, anyways.)

Feedback, rebuttals, or whatever are more than welcome.

--
"The human gaze has a power of conferring value on things; but it makes them
cost more too.²
    -Ludwig Wittgenstein


   

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