Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] analytic-continental: denouement of bourgeois reason

2008-07-18 Thread Ralph Dumain
By analytical imperialism I mean the incorporation of this artificial construct known as continental philosophy into the analytical world market, as it were. In others words, I mean this metaphorically. Colonization in reverse can happen as well, as one sees with John McCumber, for example.

[Marxism-Thaxis] analytic-continental: denouement of bourgeois reason

2008-07-15 Thread Charles Brown
Ralph Dumain ... or, analytical philosophy's being-for-death. I thought I would die laughing reading this essay, as it gives the whole game away: ^^^ CB: Come on , Ralph. Elaborate ( pretty please) This message has been scanned for malware by SurfControl plc. www.surfcontrol.com

[Marxism-Thaxis] analytic-continental: denouement of bourgeois reason

2008-07-15 Thread Charles Brown
Ralph Dumain You are, most likely, thinking of philosophy as the struggle between idealism and materialism, as Engels put it. I'll leave this aside for the moment. ^^^ CB: Sure, but it is also a sort of different aspect in itself, relationship between thought and being I mean. Interesting

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] analytic-continental: denouement of bourgeois reason

2008-07-13 Thread Ralph Dumain
You are, most likely, thinking of philosophy as the struggle between idealism and materialism, as Engels put it. I'll leave this aside for the moment. Note how utterly provincial and insipid are Babich's assertions about the difference between the analytical and continental modes of

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] analytic-continental: denouement of bourgeois reason

2008-07-11 Thread Charles Brown
ON THE 'ANALYTIC-CONTINENTAL' DIVIDE IN PHILOSOPHY: NIETZSCHE AND HEIDEGGER ON TRUTH, LIES, AND LANGUAGE The Question of Philosophy. It is the difference in the reply that can be made to the question, What is philosophy?' that constitutes the difference - and the divide - between analytic and

Re: [Marxism-Thaxis] analytic-continental: denouement of bourgeois reason

2008-07-11 Thread Charles Brown
How about the question of philosophy is the relationship between thought and being ? Charles Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/11/2008 2:53 PM ON THE 'ANALYTIC-CONTINENTAL' DIVIDE IN PHILOSOPHY: NIETZSCHE AND HEIDEGGER ON TRUTH, LIES, AND LANGUAGE The Question of Philosophy. It is the difference