I can only hope that THIS infectious virus , unlike some others, has not
yet become/developed resistance to our anti-viral remedies and/or to the
natural environment
gunder
On Tue, 11 Mar 1997, Thomas D. [Tom] Hall,
THALL@DEPAUW.EDU wrote:
> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 09:12:27 -0500 (EST)
> From: "Thomas D. [Tom] Hall, THALL@DEPAUW.EDU" <thall@DEPAUW.EDU>
> To: WORLD SYSTEMS NETWORK <wsn@csf.colorado.edu>
> Subject: Po-Mo
>
> I'll throw my 2 cents in here.
>
> 1st I think Al Bergesen's article in Protosoziologie is quite good on
> this topic: the < 25 version: po-mo, deconstruct etc, is a SYMPTOM of
> hegemonic decline and lack of hegemon in the core.
>
> If Immanual W is online, may he can point us to his address from fall '96
> ASA paper. One of his memorable lines, in paraphrase was:
> I appreciate some of their critiques. They are important. But they have
> not said anything we did not say earlier and better.
>
> That, too, is my take on all this. It is ironic, and tragic as Nikolai
> just said, that lit-crit types discovered anthro & cultural relativism a
> few years back and have turned it into a fad, that is now infecting
> social sciences.
>
> However, contral Nikolai, I think it is a "project" that has peaked, for
> precisely the reasons Nikolai pointed out: it has gotten nowhere fast.
>
> tom hall
>
> Thomas D. [tom] Hall
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