The reason why postmodernism is simultaneously rubbish and a target for fierce and animated criticism is that it is corrosive rubbish. And no, it is not corrosive to science. With few minor hiccupps (e.g. Rene Thom), postmodernism passed sciences and mathematics by. It changed absolutely nothing, it influenced nothing. It isn’t on a different planet, it is in a different universe. But postmodernism managed to impact massively on humanities and social sciences. At best, it made much of them into laughing stock, at worst it caused lasting damage to generations of humanities scholars and social scientists.
Comment at Harry’s Place following the death of Baudrillard
