The method (although diverse and I can't do it justice here) is most often associated with uncovering the ways in which language is used to hide ideology. Often applied to concepts like 'progress', which too often in modernity, actually meant domination by a particular ideology.
But I don't think this is particularly an atheistic thing. The 'PoMo as cultural Marxism' argument is a conservative one designed to conflate the two enemies - the economic left & the identitarian left - and atheists lean more left than almost everyone else.
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No, definitely not! I just expect more of atheists, which I know isn't a fair nor reasonable expectation. Data on atheists also shows most atheists are left leaning, but there is an increasingly vocal right leaning section and they are making dubious allies in many circles.
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Yes. They are bound to be fairly politically diverse. I'm not sure how useful it is to consider the right-wing ones with dubious allies in terms of their atheism nor do I consider atheists to be a community so I'm not inclined to 'collect my own' like I am with liberal-lefties.
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But the 'New Atheists/Skeptics' group were my people so I have addressed how I think that form of critique should be expanded & it is against the irrationalisms and illiberalisms of the far-left or far-right.https://areomagazine.com/2017/05/15/where-now-for-new-atheists/ …
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Thanks. I've read this before, so I have seen and catalogued your articles (just checked my database), but I'll take another look before I continue our earlier discussion.
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I will be interested in the results of your research. Now following but I often miss lots of tweets so if manage to remember to tell me when you publish something, that would be great.
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No problems, I have a few out already, but they tend to be in academic books, which aren't cheap or accessible. If you pm me a place to send, I'll see what I can do for you.
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I can't. You don't follow me.
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I do now and can't believe I wasn't already. Thanks for the contact.
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This is grasped at by sincere people who just want to understand what is going on & PoMo as it actually is is confusing. Also, criticism of PoMo is now all mixed up with biblical bible stories & Jungian woo by someone who says atheists don't exist so can't blame us for that. ;-)
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