/lit/ - Literature

Is Chomsky's lack of aesthetic/continental appeal beyond critiquing political economy the reason why he has not inspired much change in the United States?

>>7242816
woah there kiddo

>>6069096
>reading literature entirely for content
>using generic criticisms to hide the fact that you've never read it

>>5695675
>the OT is pretty idiotic and awful
>he's a New Testament guy

>Slothrop diving into the toilet to retrieve his harmonica and escape being raped by a bunch of niggers
>not one of the greatest moments in literature

>Try to find in all of the work you mentioned some principles from which you can deduce conclusions, empirically testable propositions where it all goes beyond the level of something you can explain in five minutes to a twelve-year-old. See if you can find that when the fancy words are decoded. I can’t. So I’m not interested in that kind of posturing. Žižek is an extreme example of it.
Continental philosophy getting BTFO. Why don't Europeans end their obsessive dick-measuring contest and engage in a philosophy that isn't just an sorry display of intellectual posturing?

>>5020041