1) If we understand postmodernism as a reaction against universal liberalism which had become orthodox - the status quo -
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3) can we hope that the growing realisation that postmodernism is utterly orthodox & has been the status quo for some time now,
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4) is the beginning of the end for it?
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Its proponents, mostly in SocJus form, still like to claim themselves a small & oppressed group challenging a status quo
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But this gets increasingly implausible in universities & social justice activism the more heretics we see burnt at the state.
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The historical parallel that strikes me is the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation.
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!!! I started to say that & deleted it coz I thought I'd lose people.
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If they can't handle truths that might be uncomfortable, they're not prepared to follow you or read your work.
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No, no! I meant some might not know what the counter-reformation was & so not get the point.
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but what if the status quo is as close to liberalism as possible? what happen after liberalism win, do we go with more radical ideas?
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Some of us do. This is a mistake as you clearly see. I put it this way.pic.twitter.com/3v6Nw9VqIy
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is this part of an article? i'll like to read more :)
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"What is Enlightenment?" is a great essay. The one by Kant and the one by Foucault. Some ideas there=akin to your point about what's liberal
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But I digress. Maybe it's my turn to tell everyone on twitter to please refrain from saying anything interesting.
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