Respect-worthy decision. I have been talking abt the pros & cons of this & been convinced of the same thing.https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/929748260121583616 …
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Thank goodness. It was a terrible idea. I’m quite surprised he decided to stop the project after negative feedback.
These days people dismiss all their critics as “extremists” of the opposite ideology. He shows more maturity & sense than many other activists. Much respect
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Replying to @ElleWest26 @HPluckrose
How mature can he be, considering he thought that was a good idea in the first place? And his reason for dropping it is a really weak one. He doesn't see the inherent problem in labeling courses as undesirable, as unscientific, based on ideology... Mr. Freedom of Speech doesn't
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Replying to @Dix_Lel
I see no problem in labelling courses as undesirable and unscientific based on ideology. I say this about postmodernism and theology all the time. It doesn't deny anyone free speech.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
We should label courses as unscientific based on... um... science? Just saying. Also, please define "postmodernism". Jordan Peterson here thinks, I kid you not, *English Literature* is postmodernist. So, yeah. I was referring to FoS not in a legal sense, but in a societal sense.
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Replying to @Dix_Lel
Yes, label them as unscientific based on science. I assumed you meant label them so because of their postmodern ideology. English literature is postmodernist. Literary theory dominates now and its postmodern.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
Um, what? Literary theory is a field of literature, it's not a point of view. How is it postmodernist? Furthermore, please define "postmodernism".
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Replying to @Dix_Lel
No, it isn't. It is a set of theories by which to analyse literature. They are postmodern & include feminism, postcolonial theory, critical race theory, Marxist theory, post-structuralism and queer theory.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
1. Yes, it is. You just described different points of view, in a field. 2. Can you describe why it's wrong to look at literary works through different lenses? 3. Would you consider Oscar Wilde a postmodernist? 4. Your assertion that EngLit is dominated by these is based on...?
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Replying to @Dix_Lel
1) Its a field of criticism, not of literature. 2) Postmodernism is awful. Ppl can use it if they want. I'd like to be able not to. 3) No. He died long before PoMo! 4) You doubt that literary theory is the way literature is studied in universities? Look at reading lists.
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Here is a good explanation of what literary theory is and how it is the method used to analyse literature within the academy. http://www.iep.utm.edu/literary/
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