Thanks for printing this. I have always found the assertion that there is no objectively better morality contradicts the view that we should also be agitating for a more Left Wing society. If nothing is better than anything else then why try to change anything?
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This is not consistent and the explicitly politicised, identity-based version of postmodernism came in with the second wave of critical theorists who criticised the original postmodernists on precisely those grounds.
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I hope you don't mind if I borrow this. It will save me a lot of explaining as well. I'll credit you, of course!
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I make these to be borrowed. That's why I sign them. :)
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Brilliant summary! Do you mind if I retweet this?
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Please do! Also feel free to borrow the image if you think it will come in handy. I signed it so people can share without worry.
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Awesome, thank you!
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This is pretty handy. I was always hesitant to refer to myself as a postmodernist because it sounds pretentious, but I think that I'd feel more comfortable with it using this explanation.
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It’s the last tenet I spend the most time thinking about. Problem is, it is in fact true some or much of the time.
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The problem isn't with universal liberal individualism, but with the fact that it wasn't universal from the start. We're still dealing with the fallout of that. There is some systemic inertia that makes the system still work better for those who got there first. Work in progress.
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I suspect there is a problem with the idea itself.
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What problems do you see? And do you see any better alternatives?
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I’m afraid I’d have to sit down and write about it to get my ideas straight. I do remember when the thought first hit me at a grocery check out counter about 15 years ago. I’m sorry I can’t be of any more help right now.
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One thing that confuses me is the relation between postmodernism and critical theory. Many critics of the modern academy attack them as if they are interchangeable, but from my very minimal reading on the matter, I can see they're distinct. I hope u will explain it in your book.
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I thought biggest influence on Derrida, for example, but many others also, was Nietzsche, Husserl and Heidegger? Seems to contradict your picture.
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