Re: Post-Modernism source of moral equivocation?

by Kubrick, 07.22.02 03:47 pm

well, if you're going to get into dating pomo, if such a thing exists, heck=
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you can say Homer was the first postmodernist. the odyssey has a story with=
in
a story and thematizes storytelling. on that front sure, i see no conflict=

between modernity and continental philosophy (that came to be called pomo)=

beginning in the 60s. To be more accurate, you might say that this strain o=
f
thought actually continues the tradition of the enlightenment, a skeptical,=

critical one that is represented by the likes of Diderot, Kant, and others,=

including, one might add, many of the romantic thinkers. I don't believe in=

the traditional opposition between enlightenment and romanticism. it's a ba=
d
reading of romanticism, which, to some extent, takes up enlightenment thoug=
ht
and translates it into questions of poetry, literature, and art.

mmmutt: I guess someone didn't feed you. in case you didn't notice, this is=
a
board about "Post-Modernism source of moral equivocation." The flatly stupi=
d
assertion that an idea is not valid unless it is first espied in art is
really anti-intellectual crap, though I do know that it is often espoused i=
n
art circles. It's the aesthetic equivalent of businessmen who think that
nothing is real or worth discussing if it doesn't have to do with money. If=

you have something to add to the discussion, which I've tried to pursue wit=
h
seriousnessaE