why it is a mistake to say that the analytic/continental rift has already been bridged

Just read THESE COMMENTS by Brian Leiter’s readers. And I say this as someone who agrees that there’s been a whole lot of crap on our own, continental side.

As long as the people commenting on Leiter’s blog exemplify the tone of “mainstream” philosophy, then I think abandoning continental philosophy as an institution is a big mistake. I’d rather drink with the damned pretentious Derrideans than with the typical Leiter reader.

When Michael Rosen is applauded and flattered by nearly a half-dozen fellow commenters for his sneering and fatuous remark that Badiou deserves to be nothing more than a portion of the Sokal Hoax, then I say it’s way too early to give up the continental philosophy label. And I say this as someone who has plenty of problems with Badiou, and even as someone who thoroughly enjoyed the Sokal Hoax. That doesn’t make Rosen’s haughtiness and ignorance any more admirable.