Pre-Positionalism Primer, Part 1
In the next few days I will be expressing some foundational pre-positionalist concepts. Here is one for today:

Concept: any adherence to a position other than pre-positionalism is not pre-positionalism

understanding: anyone who claims a position must believe that their own position is knoweable and actual. they are therefore NOT pre-positionalists, but very clearly, either modo-rationalists or pomo-pragmatists--both are positionalists. pre-positionalism, however, does not reject the idea of position in itself, but assumes an understanding that ones own proximity is fluid in nature and cannot be defined with terms that are, in Kegelmunst's terms, "nothing more than nets catching no water but fish."

application: in any given discussion you may feel free to point out that one is not a pre-positionalist the moment they declare their own position. Example:

positionalist: "I don't believe X to be true."

pre-positionalist: "So...you're a positionalist on this issue."

positionalist: "What?"

pre-positionalist: "Have you read any Kegelmunst?"




posted by Jimmy at 6:19 PM | |