
Competing Universalities
Why Theory
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What Is Universality?
Harmon: It's interesting the way in which the universal has to be evoked in the critique of universality. He needs this enemy that is universalist, right? Right. So what is universality then? Okay. We talked a lot about the particular, and I think we're really clear that like, the particular is not as 'universal' Like it's just another way of saying particularity. The Harmon is invested in a naive understanding of universality that everyone buys into but he doesn't have to invest himself in it. That's your point, right? Yes. Exactly.
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