Re: theoretically speaking

Nice post, Matt.

Some are fighting the culture war by attacking windmills and straw men.
 Derrida isn't a huge figure outside theological circles, and again,
denying authorial intent as the basis of textual meaning comes from guys
who did see the text as a self contained entity, and comes from the 40s,
from people we'd consider pretty conservative now. It's not a Derridean
or even relativist move. They just saw the author as more of a moving
target than the actual words on the page.

Jim

Yocum Daniel GS 21 CES/CEOE wrote:

>Matt, great post but it is much more than all that, it is a culture war.
>Some hold things between thumb and forefinger with an outstretched arm and
>some hold them tight to their bosoms. It's us bosom buddies (on both sides
>of the pass) that you must Go Tell The Spartans about.
>
> Daniel
>
>

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