Re: unusual language [postmodernism]

Beth W. Baldwin (bobaldwi@hamlet.uncg.edu)
Wed, 9 Oct 1996 15:14:16 -0400


On Wed, 9 Oct 1996, Jeffrey R Galin wrote:

> Uhh, Beth seems a bit problematic to make this claim about postmodern
> theories as they continue to emerge from their cultural contexts. I mean,
> are you suggesting that we need to return to some center? some preimminent
> source for an explanation of postmodern theory?

Uhh, yeah. I guess that's sort of what I'm suggesting. I guess I'm just
hopelessly old-fashioned. I'm the type that thinks it's important to read
primary texts in addition to secondaries. Uhh, it might be more
problematic if you infer from my comments that we should not read
secondary texts at all.

Beth

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