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CharybdisIn Greek mythology, a monster and the whirlpool it forms, on the Sicilian side of the northern end of the narrow Straits of Messina, opposite the sea monster Scylla. Charybdis lived under a huge fig tree, swallowing the sea and regurgitating it three times a day. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The baleful influence of Louis Althusser and Jacques Lacan, the Scylla and Charybidis of 1970s "High" theory, was joined in the 1980s by the influence of Jean Baudrillard, Jean-Francois Lyotard, and Jacques Derrida, fusing to create the widely influential fiction of "Post-modernism. |
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