I agree with Yoshie here, and I d o not think that you believe what you say. Do you find it hard to pass judgment on Henry Kissinger or George W. Bush? --jks >Understanding that this is relative however makes passing judgment almost >impossible. And I am not talking about the judgment of whether or not to >walk off the cliff which so many of you seem to think I am talking about. I >am talking about academia and establishment of grand narratives, theories, >definitive works which so often are passed off as truth. At least now I >know to limit my discussions of relativism to the life of the mind. Lacan >and Kristeva discussing language, signs and symbols are surely limiting >their discussion to the life of the mind. > >The new question then becomes do pomos actually discuss anything that takes >place outside of the mind? This would then automatically limit the >criticism to the same orientation. I know Foucault discussed prisons, but >wasn't this just on how they made people feel? Kristeva discusses the >language of science, but not scientific findings themselves... Well? > >-Nico Theories that refuse to pass judgments & retreat into "the life of the mind" (whatever is meant by the term) do not further but in fact hinder political projects that aim at social emancipation: feminism, socialism, etc. Yoshie >>
