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elanya ([personal profile] elanya) wrote2008-11-24 07:24 pm
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wtf social theory!

When did problematic become a noun? Who do I need to spank? Was it someone French? I bet it was someone French. >:|

Example: "Cultural Studies, as a distinct problematic, emerges from one such moment, in the mid-1950's."

or, if you prefer:

"Changes in a problematic do significantly transform the nature of the questions asked..."

Both from Stuart Hall, "Cultural Studies: Two Paradigms"

Ugh :p

This isn't the first time I've encountered it.