Helen Pluckrose outlines some of the arguments later explored in depth in her bestselling 2020 book, Cynical Theories (co-authored with James Lindsay). The essay charts the pernicious influence of postmodernist thinking on two generations of academics and activists. If you want to understand how we got to a place where microaggressions are denounced as violence but the brutal terrorism of an intifada is considered righteous, this is an important primer.
Iona Italia reads Helen Pluckrose's essay published in Quillette: [ Ссылка ]
[00:00] Introduction to Postmodernism
[00:14] Cultural Power of Postmodernism
[00:27] Roots and Origins of Postmodernism
[01:08] Art and Philosophy Influences
[01:23] Rejection of Modernist Ideas
[01:51] Critique of Science and Objectivity
[02:04] Nihilism and Revolutionary Ethos
[02:32] Debate on Modernity vs. Post-Modernity
[03:55] Jean-François Lyotard and Meta-Narratives
[06:00] Michel Foucault's Archaeology of Knowledge
[07:36] Judith Butler and Queer Theory
[08:58] Jacques Derrida and Deconstruction
[09:54] Relativism and Identity Politics
[10:48] Impact on Social Sciences and Humanities
[14:32] Postmodernism in the Academy
[20:06] Postmodernism Beyond the Academy
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