Re: The pendulum's Foucault

Virginia Navarro (svlnava who-is-at umslvma.umsl.edu)
Tue, 01 Sep 1998 10:43:52 -0500

I have Eco's book sitting on my coffee table at home. Now I will have to
read it!

At 09:13 AM 8/30/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Eco in his "Foucault's pendulum" brings together in a book long pun the
>two Foucault's. He explores the close connection between science and
>mysticism and the interconnectedness of virtually everything from the
>knights templars to the protocols of zion, from cabbala to
>afro-Brasilian mythology, from computer science to numerology. And
>throughout is his own fascination with semiotics. He unites all
>conspiracies of all time into a single grand conspiracy.
>Ken Goodman
>--
>Kenneth S. Goodman, Professor, Language, Reading & Culture
>504 College of Education, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
> fax 520 7456895 phone 520 6217868
>
>These are mean times- and in the mean time
>We need to Learn to Live Under Water
>
>
Virginia Navarro, Ph.D
University of Missouri, St. Louis
Educational Psychology, Research and Evaluation, SOE
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