http://www.thefighting44s.com/archives/2008/04/04/structure-and-progress/ Uniting the Asian Conscience Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:26:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.thefighting44s.com/archives/2008/04/04/structure-and-progress/#comment-5652 Dialectic Sun, 06 Apr 2008 09:18:58 +0000 http://www.thefighting44s.com/archives/2008/04/04/structure-and-progress/#comment-5652 The tendency of deconstruction you're talking about is symptomatic of early postmodernism, both in academia and in social advocacy: it deconstructs everything in its path and doesn't put anything in its place, and it can't justify itself, because it doesn't stand for anything "positive" or "constructive." This is the problem I have with social activists and certain "civil rights groups" these days. The tendency of deconstruction you’re talking about is symptomatic of early postmodernism, both in academia and in social advocacy: it deconstructs everything in its path and doesn’t put anything in its place, and it can’t justify itself, because it doesn’t stand for anything “positive” or “constructive.” This is the problem I have with social activists and certain “civil rights groups” these days.

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