Henry wrote:
> & inequalities of the 20th century. I sense a tremendous failure of
> nerve or missing-of-the-point in the a-historical, obscurantist
> literary usages stemming from some strands of postmodernism.
> What you are so-rhetorically characterizing as my "shrug" is
> impelled by that sense, and is also a part (however minor) of
> that history. I will keep shrugging.
I find this a little frustrating. I think there might be common ground
here - failure of nerve, yes, possibly, though I'd like you to be much
more specific; it might even be of great value to be much more
specific. In fact, it's precisely the kind of discussion that I was
referring to before. But to say, oh, let's proscribe all the terms and
change them to "trendy hat" (or whatever), seems quite unhelpful and, in a
different way, obscurantist. I don't expect you to stop shrugging, but
you do seem at cross-purposes here.
Best,
Jeremy
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