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Kissoon’s interpretations of theories need vetting

Mar 12, 2010 Letters

Dear Editor,
Dr. Joey Jagan and other eminent Guyanese personalities constantly have chided me for responding to Mr. Freddie Kissoon’s ranting in his columns. But it is so difficult to ignore Kissoon’s misinterpretations of the theories or arguments of brilliant thinkers.
Kissoon has a tendency for name droppings (like Locke, Hobbes, Rousseau, Marx, Nietzche, Freud, Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Burke, Alavi, Fanon, Zakaria, Poulantzas, Sartre, Althusser, Marx, Alavi, etc.) in his writings.  I studied most of these philosophers and theorists in doctoral courses in Political Science, Sociology, Economics, and History, fields in which I have graduate diplomas. It seems to me that most of the times Kissoon misstates and or misinterprets the concepts or theories of these outstanding thinkers.   Stanley Aronowitz, a distinguished Prof in Sociology, under whom I studied at CUNY Doctoral School, is a leading authority on Marxist thinkers.
Kissoon should contact him for an accurate interpretation of the social scientists he interprets. Kaieteur News is a good paper that has a large following. The paper’s solid reputation is being damaged with Kissoon’s ill defined interpretations of the above thinkers. I recommend that Kaieteur News consider getting social science scholars to review and vet Kissoon’s interpretations of social or psychological theorists.
Vishnu Bisram

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