Postmodernism, critical theory, standpoint epistemology, poststructuralism, social constructionism, intersectionality etc. are not the same thing. This is clear in when they're seen in high resolution. ->
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Replying to @everytstudies @Meaningness
Maybe someone should write a medium-resolution piece clarifying them.
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Replying to @BillSeitz @Meaningness
Difficult because it requires high resolution knowledge of many fields, plus the desire to simplify them for a popular audience.
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Unfortunately clarity does seem to be reputationally disincentivized when it comes to these fields.
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Their originators maybe never expected them to be much more than complicated inside jokes, intended to show off authors’ IQ to a dozen other academics. A good question might be “what made mass society receptive to ideas that weren’t meant for the masses? what need do they fill?”
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That seems to be true for some (Derrida, Lacan?) but not exactly for everyone, surely. And the reason for adoption should be obvious given your own ideas, no? It offers a weaponized medium for expressing anti-systematic resentment.
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Uh, yes. All parts of that seem right
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