[MD] Correctness and Usefulness

[David M]

There is a section about Pirsig in Chris Norris's
book on deconstruction,one of the first in english
on the subject:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Deconstruction-Theory-Practice-New-Accents/dp/0415280109/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1210451561&sr=1-5

DM



> Matt,
> Blame me all you want but I have no more control over the nonsense that
> issues from the keyboards of Platt or Ham than they do. I called Pirsig a
> postmodernist partly because it seems to fit but mostly to annoy those who
> are constantly perverting what he says without seeming to understand him. 
> OK
> I guess that makes me guilty but I have no idea if Pirsig IS a 
> postmodernist
> or if he even cares. I think the label is one that people like to throw
> around with no idea what it means, like communist, socialist etc. Platt
> admits he just makes up definitions for those terms. Essentially the
> definition for any label he throws around means "baaaaad". So by 
> definition
> Pirsig can not be a postmodernist because Pirsig is goooood and
> postmodernists are baaaaaad. We all know how this works. Anyway I look
> forward to your more considered reflections on the issues raised earlier 
> in
> this thread. BTW you have an open invitation to join the Krimarlodamo
> collective anytime. We are always attempting to absorb new members.
> Krimel
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