Class and style in the XX1th century, Global Politician explains:

What is postmodern intellectual style like? It is very sophisticated, theoretical, and usually written with genuinely good literary taste. It is self-consciously the climax of an old, refined intellectual heritage. One normally reflects ideas of the great thinkers of the western cultural tradition. One can start from Montaigne or Erasmus, but it is more typical to start from Germany and move from Kant and Hegel to Nietzsche and Heidegger. From Germany the intellectual narrative is relocated to France by discussing Foucault and Lyotard, and finally the story is ended in the United States with Bell, Rorty, and Shapiro. In postmodern discussions it is not the custom to use forenames, titles, or biographical details, which implies that these things are presumed to be known to all concerned, i.e. the audience is supposed to be as sophisticated as the writers. Within such a learned environment the surname of an intellectual ancestor suffices.

Sophisticated? Surnames? Not around here, mate!

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I know he doesn't mix much but he's no snob

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