myth and reason

[kenneth.mackendrick]

Ken writes:
> 
> << What I wonder about all this is whether all criticism is implicitly a form
> of 
>  mysticism...
> 
> I think the tendency to subsume all forms of critique to one model of
> dogmatic external critique that over-generalises from its own prejudices, is
> itself dangerous.

> Michael. S

I came in the back door in order to demonstrate that Adorno is right.  
Deconstruction, currently in vogue all over the place, misses this point - since it 
relies upon some degree of externality - defying any kind of interior logic to things 
and hoping to set criticism free.  In this way the postmodern project, if it can be 
characterized as such - is a theological project (not to mention positivism, 
pragmatism, hermeneutics, etc. as well).

ken