THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF THE POSTMODERN



Introduction

I. Thou shalt have no other gods before language and its only begotten offspring, text. References.

II. Thou shalt not make unto thee any big stories that explain everything everywhere always. References.

III. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to the liberal humanist image of the autonomous self. References.

IV. Thou shalt not take the name of DIFFERENCE in vain; for it will confer all the blessings for which thou mayest hope. References.

V. Remember the days of the past in thine own fashion and according to thine own textual need. References.

VI. Honor thy father and thy mother as progenitors of thine essential social process. References.

VII. Thou shalt not kill if thou canst create a suitable text to that end. References.

VIII. Thou shalt not refrain from entering and leaving various modes of being, though they appear contradictory. References.

IX. Thou shalt not condemn the use of multinational capital to virtualize everything--thy neighbor's house, wife, manservant, maidservant, ox, ass, anything. References.

X. Thou shalt keep this item open for further developments. References.


14 December 1995; updated 27 May 1996


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