R: Give Me A Bourgeois Humanist, Please!

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Da: Nesta <na.devine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
A: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Data: Saturday, November 14, 1998 11:25 PM
Oggetto: Re: Give Me A Bourgeois Humanist, Please!


>Following from Leo Casey's heartfelt plea, and Doug's sarcastic
>rejoinder,
>
>I begin to understand why many of my friends reject post-whatevers, lock
>stock and barrel, as being essentially a sophisticated means of avoiding
>coming to grips with questions of social justice, and above all of
>avoiding a commitment to a course of action.

Rather, it is superficial discussions on Email lists that keep one from
coming to grips with the sophisticated nature of postmodernism.

>Praeter-liberalism is the
>term we coined for it. A form of up-dated laissez-faire. I do not think
>this was what Foucault was aiming at. Certainly it is not how he
>behaved. Which is not to say that vengeance is the appropriate action,
>although court action might be a bit of useful street theatre.
>
>Cheers, all,
>
>Nesta
>