[Vwoolf] "The triumph of theory"

[Mary Ellen Foley]

My mailing system indicates that there were lots of images in the messages
in this thread, but I couldn't see them, so please forgive me if I'm
missing something vital in what's been said because the illustration or
cartoon or whatever that accompanied the words didn't make it through!

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Oh dear, it is so easy to make fun of the extreme-literates while the world
aorund us becomes a place where no one reads a book…etc. etc….I'd rather go
to a party where the colorful confetti of theory is raining down on my head
than be in a dull room of ---well, of *unchallenging* thought…?
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I know this will sound brusque, and I don't mean it to, so please read the
following in a pleasant tone that suggests "perhaps it's worth thinking
about things differently", rather than as a sniping rejoinder.  Ready?
Okay, here we go --

Perhaps it's worth considering whether it's valid to lump those of us who
find theory to be a waste of effort with those who do not read books, those
who are dull, and those whose intellectual efforts are unchallenging...

Cheers,
Mary Ellen

M.E.Foley
MEFoleyUK at gmail.com
http://mefoley.wordpress.com
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