Very interesting piece. However, I do not say that we need to go backwards and in fact, addressed that accusation in the piece cited when I argue that the modern project & liberalism is inherently progressive. https://areomagazine.com/2017/12/08/the-problem-with-truth-and-reason-in-a-post-truth-society/ …https://twitter.com/QuilletteM/status/951445892480909315 …
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Essentially, I think we should worry less about whether our understanding of society is sophisticated and more about whether it is rooted in reality.
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Sophistication seems to be an idea organised around first hand experience, which is valuable in its own way, but shouldn't be considered in a vacuum.
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