And Christopher Lasch has irrefutably demonstrated...
How does one irrefutably demonstrate anything in the postmodern world? On any correspondence theory, it would make sense: one has described the world as it is, or at least committed no mistakes in the description, and thus cannot be refuted. Also, it makes sense on a foundationalist approach: having set the moorings correctly, the argument cannot be shaken. But surely, on a postmodern view, we could just describe things another way? Or deconstruct the conditions under which Lasch is capable of making his claims appear tractable in the first place?
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