So, how did feminism start?
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Yoshie Furuhashi
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 9:48 AM
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Subject: [PEN-L:1394] Re: Being serious about Pomotismo (with quotes for
Doug)
>(How degrading - na�ve relativism, sounds harsh. Anyway, you answered that
>question yourself with Hume. Realizing that it is all relative does not
>preclude the fact that we must walk out of our front doors or wear clothes.
>Understanding that this is relative however makes passing judgment almost
>impossible. And I am not talking about the judgment of whether or not to
>walk off the cliff which so many of you seem to think I am talking about.
I
>am talking about academia and establishment of grand narratives, theories,
>definitive works which so often are passed off as truth. At least now I
>know to limit my discussions of relativism to the life of the mind. Lacan
>and Kristeva discussing language, signs and symbols are surely limiting
>their discussion to the life of the mind.
>
>The new question then becomes do pomos actually discuss anything that takes
>place outside of the mind? This would then automatically limit the
>criticism to the same orientation. I know Foucault discussed prisons, but
>wasn't this just on how they made people feel? Kristeva discusses the
>language of science, but not scientific findings themselves... Well?
>
>-Nico
Theories that refuse to pass judgments & retreat into "the life of
the mind" (whatever is meant by the term) do not further but in fact
hinder political projects that aim at social emancipation: feminism,
socialism, etc.
Yoshie
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