tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post3947246759958812315..comments2024-02-21T12:11:32.886-05:00Comments on Bats Left/Throws Right: Up To A Point, M'LordJames Briggs Stratton "Doghouse" Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378802364709433791noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-81006803870195500072009-03-12T08:17:00.000-04:002009-03-12T08:17:00.000-04:00...his ACTUAL point, which is that higher learning...<I>...his ACTUAL point, which is that higher learning should purposefully avoid having any kind of relevance to or opinion on the real world.</I><BR/><BR/>This been Stanley Fish's only point for the last 30-plus years. The point is to immunize himself or his latest academic fad from criticism. Now that academic literary study is moribund (with no small assistance from himself) he is offering his Kiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07652157502257079776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-27338543593927242682009-03-11T10:11:00.000-04:002009-03-11T10:11:00.000-04:00I believe this is the same Stanley Fish that was e...I believe this is the same Stanley Fish that was editor of Social Text during the Sokal hoax.<BR/><BR/>http://www.physics.nyu.edu/faculty/sokal<BR/><BR/>That is all.Dave Kielpinskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05137244695127182583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-33299230158908362472009-03-10T21:33:00.000-04:002009-03-10T21:33:00.000-04:00Actually, if you substitute "Palestinians" for "fi...Actually, if you substitute "Palestinians" for "fish" in his writ, it makes a lot more sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-57315394425755476712009-03-10T19:24:00.000-04:002009-03-10T19:24:00.000-04:00So, all that pretentious blather about neoliberali...So, all that pretentious blather about neoliberalism in that Fish column is nothing more then a lead-up to his ACTUAL point, which is that higher learning should purposefully avoid having any kind of relevance to or opinion on the real world.<BR/><BR/>Well. You can't say he doesn't practice what he preaches.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11211639.post-39292419140238467452009-03-10T14:09:00.000-04:002009-03-10T14:09:00.000-04:00Public hangings could become fashionable again and...Public hangings could become fashionable again and with some neo-liberalism thrown in lucrative by selling the broadcast rights.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com