The Precultural Paradigm of Discourse and Semantic Marxism

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1. Smith and Sartreist Existentialism


"Sexual identity is intrinsically a legal fiction," says Lyotard; however,
according to Parry
*
, it is not so much sexual identity
that is intrinsically a legal fiction, but rather the genre, and subsequent
absurdity, of sexual identity. The subject is interpolated into a materialist
subcapitalist theory that includes language as a totality.


It could be said that Foucault uses the term 'Sartreist existentialism' to
denote the difference between class and sexual identity. Many appropriations
concerning the collapse, and therefore the absurdity, of dialectic society
exist.


However, if the precultural paradigm of discourse holds, the works of Smith
are an example of mythopoetical nationalism. Sartreist existentialism states
that sexual identity, perhaps ironically, has objective value.


2. Narratives of Futility


"Society is part of the paradigm of culture," says Lyotard. Thus, Buxton
*
holds that we have to choose between semantic Marxism and
the cultural paradigm of consensus. Lacan uses the term 'Sartreist
existentialism' to denote a self-fulfilling paradox.


"Art is fundamentally elitist," says Sartre; however, according to Cameron
*
, it is not so much art that is fundamentally elitist, but
rather the futility of art. However, Derrida promotes the use of semantic
Marxism to analyse sexual identity. The main theme of Werther's
*
analysis of the precultural paradigm of discourse is the
common ground between class and sexual identity.


"Society is part of the fatal flaw of language," says Sartre. In a sense,
the premise of Sartreist existentialism states that truth is capable of
deconstruction. Marx suggests the use of the precultural paradigm of discourse
to challenge hierarchy.


It could be said that the subject is contextualised into a Sartreist
existentialism that includes language as a totality. Lacan uses the term 'the
precultural paradigm of discourse' to denote a textual paradox.


In a sense, if Sartreist existentialism holds, we have to choose between the
precultural paradigm of discourse and subcultural feminism. The without/within
distinction depicted in Smith's Mallrats emerges again in Clerks,
although in a more self-justifying sense.


Therefore, the characteristic theme of the works of Smith is not
deconstruction as such, but predeconstruction. The subject is interpolated into
a capitalist discourse that includes culture as a reality.


However, a number of semanticisms concerning semantic Marxism may be found.
Foucault promotes the use of the precultural paradigm of discourse to
deconstruct and analyse class.


Thus, the primary theme of Drucker's
*
essay on
Sartreist existentialism is a subdeconstructivist totality. An abundance of
theories concerning the role of the observer as writer exist.


3. Semantic Marxism and Textual Dematerialism


If one examines neopatriarchialist theory, one is faced with a choice:
either accept textual dematerialism or conclude that narrativity may be used to
entrench capitalism, given that consciousness is distinct from sexuality. In a
sense, capitalist subcultural theory implies that expression is created by the
masses. Wilson
*
holds that we have to choose between the
precultural paradigm of discourse and Baudrillardist simulacra.


In the works of Joyce, a predominant concept is the distinction between
closing and opening. But Bataille suggests the use of textual dematerialism to
challenge outdated, sexist perceptions of sexual identity. If semantic Marxism
holds, we have to choose between the precultural paradigm of discourse and
structural demodernism.


Therefore, Lacan's analysis of textual dematerialism suggests that the
purpose of the participant is social comment. The characteristic theme of the
works of Joyce is a mythopoetical reality.


It could be said that in Ulysses, Joyce analyses semantic Marxism; in
Dubliners, however, he affirms the precultural paradigm of discourse.
The premise of textual dematerialism states that class has intrinsic meaning.


But a number of narratives concerning pretextual deconstruction may be
revealed. Hamburger
* implies that we have to choose
between the precultural paradigm of discourse and the cultural paradigm of
expression.


4. Fellini and Subdialectic Theory


"Reality is unattainable," says Sartre; however, according to Humphrey
*
, it is not so much reality that is unattainable, but
rather the futility, and eventually the fatal flaw, of reality. It could be
said that the stasis, and thus the collapse, of the precultural paradigm of
discourse intrinsic to Stone's JFK is also evident in Platoon.
Marx promotes the use of semantic Marxism to read class.


In the works of Stone, a predominant concept is the concept of
deconstructive culture. Therefore, the subject is contextualised into a
precultural paradigm of discourse that includes consciousness as a totality.
Any number of discourses concerning the defining characteristic, and subsequent
meaninglessness, of precapitalist sexual identity exist.


Thus, Baudrillard suggests the use of semantic Marxism to deconstruct class
divisions. The subject is interpolated into a precultural paradigm of discourse
that includes culture as a reality.


Therefore, Sartre promotes the use of semantic Marxism to attack and read
sexuality. Many theories concerning the precultural paradigm of discourse may
be found.


In a sense, the subject is contextualised into a Derridaist reading that
includes art as a paradox. Lacan suggests the use of semantic Marxism to
deconstruct capitalism.


Therefore, dialectic postconstructive theory states that the collective is
capable of significance, given that Sontag's critique of textual dematerialism
is valid. Marx uses the term 'semantic Marxism' to denote not discourse, but
subdiscourse.


The essay you have just seen is completely meaningless and was randomly generated by the Postmodernism Generator, driven by the dadaengine as described in The Sokal Affair...

Generate your own essay.


...to test the prevailing intellectual standards, I decided to try a modest (though admittedly uncontrolled) experiment: Would a leading North American journal of cultural studies - whose editorial collective includes such luminaries as Fredric Jameson and Andrew Ross - publish an article liberally salted with nonsense if (a) it sounded good and (b) it flattered the editors' ideological preconceptions?



The answer, unfortunately, is yes. Interested readers can find my article, '
Transgressing the Boundaries: Toward a Transformative Hermeneutics of Quantum Gravity,' in the Spring/Summer 1996 issue of Social Text. It appears in a special number of the magazine devoted to the "Science Wars."


 

A Physicist Experiments With Cultural Studies

Alan D. Sokal

Department of Physics

New York University

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