Date: Wed, 4 May 1994 06:58:02 -0700
Sender: pen-l@ecst.csuchico.edu
From: "Alan G. Isaac" <AISAAC@american.edu>
Subject: Re: Derrida (fwd)
 
Doesn't it make more sense to look for "liberatory" potential in
Enlightenment humanism with its notions of the "equal respect" due
to all? With its anti-foundationalist leanings, PM lays claim
to ideas of "equal" respect only by undermining the notion of respect.
As Harvey effectively argues in his recent book, the use of PM in
leftist critiques is an historical accident, and we can expect
equally effective reactionary exploitation of the PM perspectives.
 
Let's not forget that there is nothing particularly pomo about
uncovering what is hidden behind experience: this is the essence
of the modern project.
 
--Alan G. Isaac