In university I had a class in postmodern theory, and I came to the conclusion that many of these authors use really big words for no other reason than to a) show off how smart they are and how clever they are to have figured out how to use a thesaurus and b) make sure only other really smart people like themselves can understand their work. Of course, I tend to use a word other than smart to describe such people.
One of the new books that just came in to the library is Haiku U, a collection of 100 great books in haiku form. I was reading it and ran across a haiku of Michel Foucault's Discipline and Punish, one of the texts we looked at in this class.
Here, in 17 syllables, courtesy of David M. Bader, is Foucault's Discipline and Punish:
Carceral discourse,
polyvalently deployed.
Hot air gently blows.
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Too funny. Thanks.
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