Comments on: BOOKS I HAVEN’T READ http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/books_i_havent_read/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:06:28 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: John Lemon http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/books_i_havent_read/comment-page-1/#comment-9348 John Lemon Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 /?p=4268#comment-9348 Here's a twist on IA's question. I think you can read the dust jacket description and claim that you have read it, particularly when it comes to academic (and specifically social science) works. All that postmodern BS is largely lots of big words put together in odd ways to make the author appear intellectually superior. There, you don't need to read pomo stuff anymore, and you can claim you did. That is my holiday public service. Don't ask for anything more. --- Here's a twist on IA's question. I think you can read the dust jacket description and claim that you have read it, particularly when it comes to academic (and specifically social science) works.

All that postmodern BS is largely lots of big words put together in odd ways to make the author appear intellectually superior. There, you don't need to read pomo stuff anymore, and you can claim you did.

That is my holiday public service. Don't ask for anything more.

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