Udhay Shankar N [14/10/10 06:54 +0530]:
Not the entire field, but some members of it, certainly (which is fine, recalling that 90% of *everything* is crap)
It is marked by intellectual dishonesty such as the use of logical fallacies, ad hominem rather than debate .. you name it. Shines through in that earlier email about the derrida vs foucault interaction. Chakraborty-Spivak certainly doesn't seem to make the 10% cut.