tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post115676131293768451..comments2024-03-27T06:25:29.002-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: Gentle RegretsPatrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-1156934069993869032006-08-30T05:34:00.000-05:002006-08-30T05:34:00.000-05:00I am a huge believer in the argument that Foucault...I am a huge believer in the argument that Foucault and the bulk of poststructural writers display what Scruton calls "an exercise in rhetoric." However, I can not see much beyond the same technique in these lines:<BR/><BR/>"Here’s Scruton on one of the most pernicious of modern thinkers, a genuinely immoral man, who remains in vogue especially among academics and credulous graduate students."<BR/><BR/>Similarly, Scruton only rhetorically—at least in this extract—talks about an artful "exercise in rhetoric."<BR/><BR/>Aren’t we all postmodern.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com