Hi Platt
Yes, Alan Sokal is also pretty leftist in his views too, and attacks
postmodernism for its failure to help progressive politics.
He has also recently mentioned that he thinks Nick Maxwell
offers a better way forward and that he intends to write about
him.
Ta
David M
Hi David M,
Sokal's political leanings are irrelevant to the validity of his expose of
feckless postmodern thought.
Regards,
Platt
DM: Not for me, knowing how you love progressive politics. Of course,
Chris Norris in his book 'Deconstruction: theory and practice' in the 1980s
sees Pirsig as an early postmodern. Interesting that Sokal admires Nick
Maxwell who admires Pirsig. Derrida of course bangs on about the
role of values in our theories. So the overall picture of relationships is
complex.
I agree with postmodernism that scientismand SOM is not such a great thing,
but with Sokal and Maxwell that we still need to find an alternative to
handle
reason and science, to make the best of them, as human activities based on
human values.
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