According to a postmodernist, its ludicrous to say Postmodernism has ruined the west but if it had done, that would have been great.
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I'm familiar with the argument. It confuses and conflates ideas & politics that are quite different. But I don't have time to respond here.
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It would be great to see a response to points from the peice in any form you prefer. It's a subject I've become very interested in.
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Don't have time tho happy to do so. These are old debates that presume folks actually care what old French lit theorists say (they don't).
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I explicitly said that most don't & cited Kenan Malik & David Detmer saying so.
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The ppl who do are the theorists in intersectionality, postcolonialism & queer theory who cite them.
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The academic shift towards postmodernism, cultural relativity &intense focus on language is 1 I encountered daily
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You might find Jonathan Gottschall & his liberationist paradigm (cultural constructivism) interesting on this @nole_schuyler
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He talks abt how many academics will say pomo is dead but have internalised it. My own observations bear this out
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