AM post 9/12

Not avant-garde.

When it comes to Habermas, why do I feel like Lt. Dan Taylor on the shrimp boat Jenny; rain pouring, arms flailing, hanging, a listing ship in hurricane force winds? I yell to the Powers that be,

C'MON! WHAT ELSE YOU GOT?

Habermas, like Lt. Dan, nods his head at traditionalism (Afterall, Lt. Dan's family had fought and died in every war) And last time I checked, this isn't the first time ever in history we have;
1. Religious revival
2. Defined binary oppositions
3. Negatives attributed to culture
4. Not uncovered social & economic causes.

(Need I mention the "Neoconservatives" that influenced the European Theatre of WWII for example)? (Easy, easy...I'm not saying all neoconservatives are Nazi's. Relax.) To clarify, I'm trying to make a parallel between Habermas and history. To be frank, Habermas ain't saying nothing new.

Metaphorically, Lt. Dan represents goodness, vulnerability and strength of conscious. He is loyal and hard working. Although he would like to do his job; die fighting, he'll have to do it much later and not in Vietnam. Ah yes, he has to leave his life up to good ol' fate. He has to do something (he has) never done before.

So, is Habermas avant-garde? Nope. Is Lt. Dan? Kind of.... despite his handicaps -physical, emotional, mental -Lt. Dan was doing something he had never imagined doing before; introspection. So, apply Habermas' theory to us culturally, and he is not saying anything we haven't seen, done or heard before. But, apply Habermas to ourselves individually.
Go ahead.
Reflect.
Now that's avant-garde.