"After studying philosophy at an elite university under luminaries of French left-wing thought such as Jacques Derrida and Louis Althusser, Levy became one of the leaders of the so-called 'New Philosophy' movement, which reacted against the Marxist dogmatism of the French left."
So Derrida is of the "French left-wing?" Roll over Robespierre! "He has been also accused of over-simplifying complex issues for mass consumption." Which seems to me the opposite of what most French philosophers do now days.... making complex what should be simple.... "Philippe Cohen, the author of another critical biography, told The Observer Levy's success showed everything that was wrong with intellectual life in France today. 'His thinking is entirely unoriginal. There is this idea that he is a philosopher when actually he is representative of nothing other than the pauperisation of French intellectual life.' He has been also accused of over-simplifying complex issues for mass consumption." All of this is just the result of the French star-system, where writers are traditionally in the position of "glamourous" entertainers.... All of this is not the problem of philosophy it is the problem of "star" systems in general. _______________________________________________ Marxism-Thaxis mailing list [email protected] To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/marxism-thaxis
