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Watch on YouTube: https:\/\/youtu.be\/3Czyd0XSEso<\/a><\/p>\n The alarmists were right: ideas that were only a few years ago Critical race theory, transgender ideology, the obsessive search But some will want a more rigorous critique or a deeper In this episode, Thomas and political philosopher Darel Paul Postmodern principles:<\/p>\n Postmodern themes: The blurring of boundaries, the power of The episode concludes with a critique of Pluckrose and Lindsay\u2019s Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n [1:41] Reasons for discussing Cynical Theories<\/em><\/p>\n [4:36] Evidence of postmodernist activist movements reaching the [10:58] What the book contributes to the discourse on woke [15:00] Similarities and differences between postmodernism and [26:25] The core postmodern principles and themes<\/p>\n [38:53] Policing speech as a tool of power rather than a [47:58] The proliferation of postmodern principles into a number [49:47] Defining one\u2019s identity in terms of suffering and [55:07] Tension between postmodern rejection of categories and [1:01:06] Conundrum for LGBTQ activists: gain \u201cnormal\u201d status or [1:06:40] Gender theory vs. critical race theory on [1:18:50] Postmodernism as a class ideology?<\/p>\n [1:24:17] The postcolonial critique of science; epistemic [1:27:30] Critique of Pluckrose and Lindsay\u2019s advocacy of a [1:32:51] Liberalism as an inherently negative and [1:40:04] Postmodernism as an extension and\/or consequence of [2:04:33] How to communicate truth to someone who believes \u00a0<\/strong>Links<\/strong><\/p>\n Pluckrose and Lindsay, Cynical Theories<\/em> Darel Paul, \u201cAgainst Racialism\u201d https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/article\/2020\/10\/against-racialism<\/a><\/p>\n Darel Paul, \u201cListening at the Great Awokening\u201d Darel Paul, \u201cThe Global Community Is a Fantasy\u201d Darel Paul, From Tolerance to Equality<\/em> Ep. 61 on liberalism as an anti-culture with James Matthew Ep. 18 on the vice of acedia manifested in our refusal to accept Christmas episodes:<\/p>\n It\u2019s a Wonderful Life<\/em> (1946) film discussion w\/ Patrick CCP 59 \u2013 The Glorious English Carol This podcast is a production of CatholicCulture.org. If you like
\ncomplacently dismissed as the perennial agitation of a few campus
\nloonies are now pervasive in the corporate world, mass media and
\npop culture.<\/p>\n
\nfor oppressive power relations in every aspect of life and every
\nfeature of language, the demand for all to be activists, shutting
\ndown of dissenting speech as violence: common sense or the gift of
\na solid Catholic formation will suffice for most who reject these
\nideologies.<\/p>\n
\nunderstanding of the philosophical roots of radical leftist
\nactivism. To that end, Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay have
\nwritten Cynical Theories<\/em>, a very helpful primer on the
\ndevelopment of modern activism from 1960s postmodernist
\nphilosophy.<\/p>\n
\ndiscuss the book, which tracks how postcolonial theory, queer
\ntheory, women\u2019s\/gender studies, critical race theory, and other
\nactivist fields have instantiated or adapted the following central
\nprinciples and themes of postmodernism:<\/p>\n\n
\nconstructivism<\/li>\n
\ndecide what and how things can be known<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
\nlanguage, cultural relativism, loss of the individual and the
\nuniversal<\/p>\n
\nprescription of a return to Enlightenment liberalism as a
\ncorrective to postmodernism.<\/p>\n
\nmainstream<\/p>\n
\nideology<\/p>\n
\nMarxism<\/p>\n
\nrational means of communicating truth<\/p>\n
\nof activist fields<\/p>\n
\noppression<\/p>\n
\nthe need to have categories to critique power relations; the
\nemergence of queer theory; deliberate incoherence as liberation<\/p>\n
\ndestroy idea of normality?<\/p>\n
\ncategories<\/p>\n
\nrelativism<\/p>\n
\nreturn to Enlightenment liberalism<\/p>\n
\ndeconstructive philosophy<\/p>\n
\nliberalism<\/p>\n
\nlanguage is merely power?<\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Cynical-Theories-Scholarship-Everything-Identity_and\/dp\/1634312023<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/areomagazine.com\/2019\/04\/17\/listening-at-the-great-awokening\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/americanmind.org\/salvo\/the-global-community-is-a-fantasy\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.baylorpress.com\/9781481306959\/from-tolerance-to-equality\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nWilson
\nhttps:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/ep-61-liberal-anti-culture-vs-western-vision-soul-pt-i-james-matthew-wilson\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nour given nature
\nhttps:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/episode-18-acedia-forgotten-capital-sin-rj-snell\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nCoffin
\nhttps:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/its-wonderful-life-1946-w-patrick-coffin\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nhttps:\/\/www.catholicculture.org\/commentary\/episode-59-glorious-english-carol\/<\/a><\/p>\n
\nthe show, please consider supporting us! http:\/\/catholicculture.org\/donate\/audio<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n