"[W]riting that is arcane to the point of incomprehensibility is very much part of radical post-structuralism. Style, according to radical post-structuralism, is political. Post-structuralist writers tend to cultivate a style that excludes the vast majority of potential readers, reduces most of even the highly educated to a passive audience, and invites at best a small circle of initiates to discussion. This is not a matter of objecting to the use of technical terms that are not part of everyday language. Post-structuralist writing more often aims to confuse than to clarify or explain. Some post-structuralist writing rests on idiosyncratic vocabularies; much of it is written in jargon that could be translated into clear English relatively easily. Probably most of those who write in this jargon do not write with the conscious intention of bewildering or intimidating their audience. The style is absorbed with the ideology, and has become an integral part of the discourse."
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Post-Structuralism As Subculture, Barbara Epstein
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