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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group
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To: JohnM who wrote (37693)8/13/2002 8:03:12 PM
From: paul_philp  Read Replies (2) of 281500
 

But we've been here before, haven't we. Don't I recall a debate about something like this within the past month or so. So why are we doing this again?


It is relevant, I think. If you see the current world situation as an ideological war, Western liberal democracy vs. Fundamental militant Islam, a debate on how ideas shape reality and reality shapes action is important. If we replace the government in Iraq without altering the worldview of the Iraq people it will be not be a sustainable change.

Lindy, PoMo is a very broad term and there are many extreme applications of PoMo ideas. The same is true of the concept of conservatism. I am re-reading Thomas Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions right now. Very useful, because it reminds me how sloppy we have become with the term 'paradigm'. Are you willing to dive deep enough into the PoMo waters as Kuhn?

The PoMo spectrum covers many different relationships between Meaning, Reality and Truth. You have quoted some of the more extreme notions but I think you would find that the more rigorous thinkers end up on more reasonable ground.

One of the reasons I like Thomas Friedman so much is that he is mapping out the spread of an idea and the impact that idea has on how people lead their lives.

Paul
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