Doug Henwood:
Lou, you were talking just the other day about the wisdom of the shaman.
Whatever the status of that wisdom, it's probably not compatible with
"universal scientific standards." Meera's debunking of reactionary Hindu
nationalism has a lot in common with the classical Marxian notions
Louis Proyect:
Odd, I thought the debate was over the appropriateness of "sciences" or
"local knowledge" versus universal scientific standards. Meera Nanda's
debunking of reactionary Hindu nationalist "science" seems useful. The
debate also seemed to be over the sort of obscurantism and bullshit
Louis Proyect wrote:
And Robbins is better? Raising red-herrings about Abner Louima?
I thought that was rhetorical overkill. But if Sokal uses the metaphor of a
police investigation to describe science, then that should, as they say, be
interrogated. Anyone who takes word choice seriously
I got my hands on a paper called "Science, Imperialism, and Love" authored
by Bruce Robbins, an English professor at Rugers University, which
coincides with round two of the Sokal Affair. It was occasioned by the
publication of Sokal's new book in France, written in collaboration with a
Belgian
