Postmodernism Disrobed
Suppose you are an intellectual impostor with nothing to say, but with strong ambitions to succeed in academic life, collect a coterie of reverent disciples and have students around the world anoint your pages with respectful yellow highlighter. What kind of literary style would you cultivate? Not a lucid one, surely, for clarity would expose your lack of content. The chances are that you would produce something like the following:
Keep reading with a 7-day free trial
Subscribe to The Poetry of Reality with Richard Dawkins to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.