Does the bold sentence imply " intellectual base that the McCoys established at the Academy was so important and significant that absorbed to itself a broad range of post-structuralist theory, from the political philosophy and cultural criticism of Jean Baudrillard to the phenomenology of Maurice Merleau-Ponty"?
Context:
Much has been made of the intellectual base that the McCoys established at the Academy that took in a broad range of post-structuralist theory, from the political philosophy and cultural criticism of Jean Baudrillard to the phenomenology of Maurice Merleau-Ponty. In effect, the absorption of a range of theories that preached the uncertainty of universal truths and laid emphasis on the contiguity of the moment facilitated a paradigmatic
shift.
red apple Much has been made of the intellectual base ... A significant amount of attention has been given to the intellectual base ... A significant amount of importance has been ascribed to the intellectual base ...
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red appleMuch has been made of the intellectual base ...
A significant amount of attention has been given to the intellectual base ...
A significant amount of importance has been ascribed to the intellectual base ...
I think that either of the paraphrases above is enough to paraphrase the whole sentence.
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