No worries. Thanks for directing me to the article, I'll take a read and get back to you. I'm not adverse to thoughtful discussion on the topic. My issue lies with the current characterisations of Po Mo which are resulting in hyperbole and misunderstandings about the ideas.
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Replying to @alangnixon @GodDoesnt
Thanks. Yes, mine too. I will soon writing something to address the 'postmodernism is neo-Marxism' nonsense. There are valid & invalid, informed & uninformed criticisms of postmodernism as a set of skeptical approaches to grand narratives. I ultimately think there are better ones
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Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt
Hehe, yeah I got involved in one of those conversations the other day, the idea makes no sense when the ideas are actually considered. For sure! I'm not actually a postmodernist. But I study atheists and I've seen a fall towards very uninformed arguments about Po Mo recently.
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Replying to @alangnixon @GodDoesnt
Well, I am one who is trying to fix this. I have already written three long essays about it, taken part in some talks and debates and have just begun a book on the topic so if anyone remains uninformed, it will not be through my lack of effort.
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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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Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt
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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Replying to @alangnixon @GodDoesnt
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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Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt
I think post 'Great Rift' this has become a more common feeling. But as a researcher, I have to look at anyone who uses the label, even if it doesn't sit well with me or others who use the label (and this is the unbiased way to do the research, so as it should be).
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Replying to @alangnixon @GodDoesnt
That's interesting because we are actually planning an essay on the Great Rift and we discuss it in the podcast we just linked. However, neither of us 'identify' as atheists & James actually wrote a book about why people shouldn't so we are probably not your subjects.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt
Well I probably restricted that unnecessarily, I'm actually broadly interested in nonreligion and secularity, atheist/atheism is just a popular label at the moment, and James wouldn't be alone in thoughts on the label, though I'll look it up to find out the details. Last name?
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James A Lindsay. Everybody is Wrong about God. @GodDoesnt
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Replying to @HPluckrose @GodDoesnt
Oh sorry, lol. Didn't realise you meant this James, my bad (*blushing*). I have it on my list, but keeping up with buying books sends me broke constantly, nearly up to James' book though.
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