Critical Theories: A Virus on a Liberal Body Politic
For this “virus,” we need a liberal immune response (critical thinking) that minimizes its influence while keeping the liberal body politic intact and healthy.
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Reconstructing Derrida: The Poetics of Nonsense and the Rule of the Cool
Derrida is currently enjoying a new vogue as a kind of demon king in the theology of the movement led by such people as Jonathan Haidt, Jordan Peterson, and Camille Paglia against the irrationalism that has swept through the humanities in the English-speaking world, with Peterson describing Derrida as the “chief villain” in the story.
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The Marketplace of Ideas and the Battle of Discourses
We are currently caught up in a battle of discourses. Mostly, this battle rages between Critical Social Justice activists and right-wing populists, with the rest of us stuck somewhere in the middle and having to pick sides.
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The Illiberalism of Social Justice
Social Justice is a dangerous, illiberal ideology that is taking over society.
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A Manifesto Against the Enemies of Modernity
Supporters of Modernity, whatever their political orientation, should unite against the anti-modernists.
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Postmodern Religion and the Faith of Social Justice
Increasingly, we are seeing insistences that Social Justice has become a new religion. The purpose of this essay is to explore this topic in some depth. Because this essay is…
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Check Your Progressive Privilege: John Rawls vs Moral Relativism
In 1971, liberal political philosopher John Rawls proposed in his influential book 'A Theory of Justice' what is perhaps the most famous and compelling progressive thought experiment ever considered.
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