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cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister <gabaroo6958@...>
wrote:
>
> If you wish to make a living doing anything, then authority is very
important. Although my work in Central American literature is mainly
against the grain, I try to take the effort to explain exactly why I
offer counter-readings. But I'm in the humanities. In a quasi-science
such as linguistics, authority is much more important. If you reject
authority, you wind up reinventing the wheel everyday and having to
prove yourself to every peer. But in your work, I don't see anything
systematic, just random objections based on singularities. If you really
want to change a discipline, you must --to paraphrase Gilles Deleuze--
"make it your bitch"; i.e. master it and use it systematically to your
own ends, making systematic changes. Unless you do that, you'll just be
another crackpot, knocking at the door of ignominy.
>
In that case, I'd suggest we shift Basque discussions to my own list.