The world of thought is both-
ered and bewildered about ideology: the world of educa- tion above all. Distortions of the vantage point, such as Eurocentricity or linear logic,
it fears, invalidate everything that histori- ans, critics, even scientists have ever done or may ever do.
In seminars the word acts like a si-lencer. It can bring rational debate to a stop, and the fear of its use can inhibit criti- cal debate even before it begins. Softened, at times, into vague, emollient talk about...