Yikes, my mind is reeling. This essay calls to mind a dog joke.
A man walks into a telegraph office with his dog and tells the worker, "My dog would like to send a telegram to my wife to give a message to our other dog." The worker looks at the dog and says, what would you like the telegram to say?" The dog responds, "Woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof." The worker smiles and says to the dog, "You know you could add another woof for the same price." The dog says, "But that would make no sense at all."
The sad part is this isn’t even parody. It is absolutely what passes for university-level academic research these days, particularly in the social sciences. Loved the conclusion that lack of causative effect does not negate the existence of discursive effects! Only in your minds and your overly sensitive emotions, which are everyone’s responsibility but your own!
Got through the first paragraph and thought first that I need to dust off the dictionary then when I got through the second one Monty Python jumped up and I could see John Cleese reciting this with a straight face . the rest was an enjoyable read with a smile on my face
Yikes, my mind is reeling. This essay calls to mind a dog joke.
A man walks into a telegraph office with his dog and tells the worker, "My dog would like to send a telegram to my wife to give a message to our other dog." The worker looks at the dog and says, what would you like the telegram to say?" The dog responds, "Woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof." The worker smiles and says to the dog, "You know you could add another woof for the same price." The dog says, "But that would make no sense at all."
The sad part is this isn’t even parody. It is absolutely what passes for university-level academic research these days, particularly in the social sciences. Loved the conclusion that lack of causative effect does not negate the existence of discursive effects! Only in your minds and your overly sensitive emotions, which are everyone’s responsibility but your own!
Hilarious. I had to read it so carefully and Foucault, wow! Well done!
I had to do a thesis - final exam - four hours - on Foucault and Marxism. I knew I was writing rubbish but I passed.
Yes it’s utter nonsense.
The key point is that if you like your white poodle it doesn’t make you a racist - well maybe. 😂
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Got through the first paragraph and thought first that I need to dust off the dictionary then when I got through the second one Monty Python jumped up and I could see John Cleese reciting this with a straight face . the rest was an enjoyable read with a smile on my face