California State University, Dominguez Hills
Created: January 7, 2002
Latest update: January 7, 2002
jeannecurran@habermas.org.

One of the byproducts of the Enlightenment, with its boundless faith in the "objective" and the scientific approach to truth, was the rejection of the personal as lacking that objectivity and, hence, unrevealing of "Truth." One of the advantages proffered by postmodernism is the recognition that the personal matters. (Cite the Taliban. Particularly, the section in which UNOCAL moves objectively, while Bridas deals with people.)

The following file provides an example of where and how we draw lines:

Speaking Religion. Rahmat Tavako's comment that if the people speak religion then we as peacemaking sociologists must learn to speak religion. jeanne's attempt to post a response, and its rejection from PSN list. Now, it's "personal" that is taboo.

More soon . . . . January 7, 2002.