There's a history of identity politics outside the academy, as well, having origins in US fundamentalist culture.
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Yes, I did say so.
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You mention it, but the impact of Van Til, Bahnsen, Rushdoony, and Gary North is important to this on the American right.
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Why not write something about it? My focus is necessarily narrow and I'm English.
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Much has already been written on presuppositionalism and reason, albeit mostly by theologians. 1/2
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The American right has been a major influence on conservatives in the West, so its contribution should also be noted.
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OK but not necessarily in much detail by me in an essay abt the origins, key values and impact of postmodernism.
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As an academic phenomenon, I agree. But a move to its cultural manifestations should include all influences, not just the left.
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We need a new coalition against the French!
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You're too exercised about science, Helen. When did we eradicate smallpox? C. 1970. When was heyday of Derrida/Barthes? You see?
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My pleasure - it was drummed into me in grad school what a stroke of genius that was... [hang self emoji here]
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the irony is that post modernism has had far less impact in France than in any other Western country....
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most people in France still believe in the Enlightenment and universal truths...
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True! This stuff got much more politicized in the US. We kinda suck that way.
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students do not have the critical tools needed to navigate this stuff.
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This doesn't surprise me at all. Especially b/c political outrage has replaced critical reading. Enough to comb >
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through Kant & find racist thoughts about history (which are there). Bang, done, he's just another white dude.
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exactly... it is very anti-intellectual in fact.
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Of course! Baudrillard & the whole idea that coherence is tantamount to coercion/imprisonment, etc.
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...that is, derived from the counter-Enlightenment... and in this way opened a boulevard for the alt-right.
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