>Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 19:27:54 -0700 (PDT) >From: Juergen Hahn <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Cueros de vino - ( Juergen Hahn) > >Since I previously championed the theological >interpretation I feel compelled to comment again on >this item. > >I regret to say that I find the theory of DQ's >allegorical slashing of the Eucharist absolutely >unsupported by any evidence in the text. On the other >hand, my previously expressed thesis of DQ's imaginary >slaying of Pandafilando, allegorically combating the >Original Sin of Pride as an antidote to Anselmo's >prideful Curiositas, is indeed amply supported by the >text, and accurately reflects Cervantes' intention. >Thus, far from being a crypto-Protestant DQ in this >fitful dream stage profiles himself on the contrary as >a quite orthodox defender of mainstream Catholic >doctrine. And that is obviously bad news for today's >fanatical institutional critics. > >30 years after making this finding I still feel >vindicated because I based it entirely on empirical >textual evidence. Yet, far from feeling triumphant I >feel, on the contrary, quite somber. If we do not >watch our proof, are we not abetting the current >decline of scholarship? I perceive with dismay that in >the present postmodern scholarly atmosphere facts have >been dogmatically declared non-existant, and truth as >being as valid as non-truth, with all such differences >usually being rendered indistinguishable with diffuse >Foucaultian pseudo-philosophical double-talk, where >even the original text under discussion matters >little. And in this Orwellian rhetorical space any >empirical evidence rates only as shabby "empirical >bias." An interpretation is no longer valued for its >self-sustaining proof but entirely for its usefulness >for serving the ideological goals of a politically >correct social improvement agenda. If we continue to >abet this trend it bodes ill for all our intellectual >institutions! > >Juergen Hahn >CCSF > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >http://mail.yahoo.com