Freudian/Lacanian Support for H/H (long)

[Ebony]

No: HPFGUIDX 7516

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "naama " 
<naama_gat at h...> wrote:
> I'm really looking forward to a psychlogical theory based on 
Chaos theory. Maybe then it 
> will be established that on a very deep level there is 
randomality in our thoughts, 
> decisions and actions. Then we will be more busy looking at 
the beauty of the patterns our 
> minds create (akin to the beauty of the patterns nature 
creates), instead of obsessing about 
> underdetermining causes.

Good luck marrying the Freudians, etc. to the postmodernists.  I 
know *I'd* be a very unwilling bride.

Also, an observation that I made often in our seminar--much of 
the current body of lit theory is *very* Western.  I kept finding 
holes in folks like Propp (see my post from early September) 
because non-Western folktales follow very different patterns... 
and my professor (whose field is the Romantics) kept saying "I 
never thought of that." Therefore, you have many scholars 
currently concentrating on developing theoretical paradigms for 
the other 2/3 of the world's cultures.

Another thing.  Even if you think modern theory/philosophy is 
bunk, it *has* influenced the world we live in... and the way we 
think.  It's even (gasp!) influenced the writers we so enjoy--like 
JKR, for instance.

--Ebony