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Da Hughes's avatar

Perhaps I ought to have said 'self-limiting'. The repetition of phrases and jargon from the Lacan/Derrida/Foucault/Butler Approved Lexicon is indeed the core of the issue. There is probably also a list of words once used by C.S. Lewis or G.K. Chesterton which are forbidden by academic publishers.

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Janice Fiamengo's avatar

I'm sure that's the case.

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Protology +'s avatar

Back in 1988, I first encountered Jacques Derrida in grad school. When probed to see if I understood the method and the style I threw up a fresh crunchy word salad with a nice ginger sesame (sticky sweet) vinaigrette just to demonstrate I could follow the bouncing ball. When I turned in my first paper, however, I was skewered for not playing in the "major league." My response was this: "Just because I can 'Derrida,' why would I want to?

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