Postmodernism and Meaning
Robin
(They may also like to attempt to translate it!)
The source is acknowledged towards the end.
Posttextual rationalism in the works of Spelling
H. Luc la Tournier
Department of Future Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
1. Spelling and posttextual rationalism
"Sexual identity is intrinsically meaningless," says Foucault.
However, if realism holds, we have to choose between posttextual
rationalism and patriarchial theory. Debord uses the term 'realism' to
denote the common ground between sexuality and society.
But the subject is interpolated into a posttextual rationalism that
includes culture as a reality. Von Ludwig[1] states that we have to
choose between realism and dialectic objectivism.
Thus, the subject is contextualised into a postmodern paradigm of
discourse that includes narrativity as a paradox. In Beverly Hills
90210, Spelling reiterates realism; in The Heights, however, he
deconstructs the postmodern paradigm of discourse. In a sense, the
premise of posttextual rationalism suggests that context is a product
of the collective unconscious. The subject is interpolated into a
realism that includes truth as a totality.
2. Realities of collapse
The characteristic theme of the works of Spelling is the role of the
observer as reader. But the without/within distinction prevalent in
Spelling's Models, Inc. is also evident in The Heights, although in a
more cultural sense. Lyotard uses the term 'the postmodern paradigm of
discourse' to denote not, in fact, narrative, but prenarrative.
"Sexual identity is unattainable," says Sontag. Therefore, if realism
holds, the works of Spelling are postmodern. Subcapitalist
constructive theory implies that the raison d'etre of the poet is
social comment, given that the premise of realism is invalid.
However, an abundance of discourses concerning the neotextual paradigm
of context may be found. Derrida's critique of realism holds that
class, somewhat surprisingly, has intrinsic meaning.
It could be said that the subject is contextualised into a posttextual
rationalism that includes sexuality as a paradox. La Tournier[2]
states that we have to choose between realism and the subdialectic
paradigm of discourse.
Therefore, the example of the postmodern paradigm of discourse
intrinsic to Spelling's Charmed emerges again in Beverly Hills 90210.
Several theories concerning the difference between society and
narrativity exist.
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1. von Ludwig, Y. (1996) Realities of Dialectic: Realism,
neocapitalist construction and rationalism. Loompanics
2. la Tournier, C. V. O. ed. (1981) Posttextual rationalism and
realism. Schlangekraft
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Oliver Walter
who possibly knows roughly what they want to say but doesn't know how to
express it in a way that makes sense to people not already on exactly the
same wavelength.
Then, when I saw the real attribution at the end, I realised that some sort
of progress has been made in computer processing of language.
Oliver
"Robin" <ro...@despammed.com> wrote in message
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> As students of language colleagues may find the following of interest.
> (They may also like to attempt to translate it!)
>
> The source is acknowledged towards the end.
>
> Posttextual rationalism in the works of Spelling
> H. Luc la Tournier
> Department of Future Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
>
> 1. Spelling and posttextual rationalism
> "Sexual identity is intrinsically meaningless," says Foucault.
> However, if realism holds, we have to choose between posttextual
> rationalism and patriarchial theory. Debord uses the term 'realism' to
> denote the common ground between sexuality and society.
...and more...
Tsu Dho Nimh
>As students of language colleagues may find the following of interest.
>(They may also like to attempt to translate it!)
I want to submit it for a term paper :)
>The essay you have just seen is completely meaningless and was
>randomly generated by the Postmodernism Generator. To generate another
>essay, follow this link.
>
>http://www.elsewhere.org/cgi-bin/postmodern/
>
Tsu
--
To doubt everything or to believe everything
are two equally convenient solutions; both
dispense with the necessity of reflection.
- Jules Henri Poincaré
Toby OCM
> Excellent! When I started to read it I thought it was written by somebody
> who possibly knows roughly what they want to say but doesn't know how to
> express it in a way that makes sense to people not already on exactly the
> same wavelength.
> Then, when I saw the real attribution at the end, I realised that some sort
> of progress has been made in computer processing of language.
Surely the subject line gave it away? The two are incompatible.
--
Regards
Toby
To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well
as morals.
(William Penn)
Jan Willem
>As students of language colleagues may find the following of interest.
>(They may also like to attempt to translate it!)
>
>The source is acknowledged towards the end.
>
Beautiful!
That site has more gems. How about this:
I'm *immune*! I *cannot* be tracked on radar! I am a *Moray Eel*, I am
a *Komodo Dragon*, I am the *Killer Whale bereft of its pup*! I make a
*spectacle* of myself! Who'll come and get me, whose candle will I
fart out? I've packed the brownies of the bodiless fiends, I leak the
Plague from my noses, opiates are the *mass* of my religion, *I bend
my genes and whittle my DNA with the sheer force of my mighty *will*!*
I'm *fuel-injected*, I take drugs! The Anti-Virgin's hands are my
*ideal* playground! I kidnapped the future and ransomed it for the
past, I made *God* wait up for me to bleed my giant lizard! I drank
*the Devil* under seven tables, I am too *intense* to die, I'm insured
for acts o' God *and* Satan! I'm enlightened, I achieved `Nirvana' and
took it *home* with me.
http://www.elsewhere.org/cgi-bin/brag/
Jan Willem from Odijk, Netherlands
e-mail in From-field is wrong, real e-mail is:
jw.van.dormolen @ hccnet.nl (without the spaces)
--
And then there's this:
Don't overuse exclamation points!!!
This signature was made by SigChanger.
You can find SigChanger at: http://www.phranc.nl/
Jan Willem
>As students of language colleagues may find the following of interest.
>(They may also like to attempt to translate it!)
>
I think we should form a band, and call it:
# Starving Water
# The Venemous Wookiees
# The Bliss Posse
# litterbugconsultant
# Vyvyn Badabing and the Stellar Boingers
# The Aryan Salamander Combo
# Alice Cooper and the Constantinople All-Stars
A most wondrous site you've directed us to...
Jan Willem from Odijk, Netherlands
e-mail in From-field is wrong, real e-mail is:
jw.van.dormolen @ hccnet.nl (without the spaces)
--
And then there's this:
Drive defensively. Buy a tank.
Jan Willem
>As students of language colleagues may find the following of interest.
>(They may also like to attempt to translate it!)
>
>The source is acknowledged towards the end.
>
Beautiful, and there's more:
I Am
by The Aggregate Kid
i am with friends i see you
my friend. here's to dreading
time apart, and to the wood,
climbed right on, and pulled over my
hood.
jack died in the distance the sun
sets another day of my lonely
heart. help me with the beauty of
nature though they can fly. they
will never be bored and pout!
live in peace, happiness and
laughter, not in tears, sadness and
wars. every child is a message i
send, i think you give off all
kinds of signs. maybe one day i'll
be back together with you.
tears fall from heaven above, and
from this storm shall come no
dove. before you can hug me and
you; you and swift to depress
they make us happy, moody, or
sad, those little emotions, they
are pretty and nice. raining
sunshine down and think of it as good
as it can be soft, yet as hard
as stone.
What it's all about
I used to work for a company with a website for kids. One of the
features of the site was a bulletin-board type of thing, where kids
could write in and get "published". A lot of kids wrote in with
poetry. Some of it was actually pretty good. You know, for a 12 year
old.
Anyway, I took all their poems, and used them as the input for a
program which dissects texts and creates new texts based on the
probabilities of words following each other. It's called "I am"
because those are always the first two words of the poem. I had it set
up to be more random at first, but I found that I liked the
consistency of having the first two words always the same.
I've been doing things like this for a while, but so far the kids'
poetry is the best source I've found. If you have any comments about
this page, I'd love to hear them. Mail me at
<hades...@elsewhere.org>.
Jamie Zawinski has a very nice page explaining this sort of thing in
more (and more interesting) detail. Check it out.
Jan Willem from Odijk, Netherlands
e-mail in From-field is wrong, real e-mail is:
jw.van.dormolen @ hccnet.nl (without the spaces)
--
And then there's this:
Gone crazy, be back later, leave message.
James Lee
Peirce goes very far in the direction that I have called de-construction of
the transcendental signified, which, at one time or another, would place a
reassuring end to the reference from sign to sign. I have identified
logocentrism and the metaphysics of presence to the exigent, powerful,
systematic and irrepressible desire for such a signified.
Derrida: Of Grammatology (translated by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak) p. 49
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Robin
wrote:
>"James Lee" replied: This, on the other hand, is completely genuine:
>Peirce goes very far in the direction that I have called de-construction of
>the transcendental signified, which, at one time or another, would place a
>reassuring end to the reference from sign to sign. I have identified
>logocentrism and the metaphysics of presence to the exigent, powerful,
>systematic and irrepressible desire for such a signified.
>
>Derrida: Of Grammatology (translated by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak) p. 49
>(selected at random)
>
In a sense, we have certain kind of structurally and axiologically
determined relationship between the elements of discourse
"pretentious" and "crap".
Robin