Traditional Versus Critical Theory
James Lindsay breaks down the point of this essay and the nature of Horkheimer's comparison between these two ways of thinking.
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OnlySubs: Why I Really Read All This Stuff
In this episode, I take a few minutes to talk with you about how my mission is empowerment and education, and why this perspective matters.
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We, the Screamers
With so many "screamers," which ones, like Koestler, are crucially right, and which ones are cranks and fools?
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Edward Said and How the West Went Woke
James Lindsay reads from Edward Said to explain how Postmodernist and establishment-liberal mondialist projects overlap.
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The Myth of the Blood, Vol. 3: Love as the Enemy of Race and Honor
In this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, host James Lindsay continues his "Myth of the Blood" series exploring this book, now turning to Rosenberg's second chapter: "Love and Honor."
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True and False or Us Versus Them?
In this episode of New Discourses Bullets, host James Lindsay explores this idea of "us versus them" out loud and explains its relevance to politics, society, and education.
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All Roads Lead to Woke
In this episode of New Discourses Bullets, host James Lindsay dives into this construction and how it sets up other Woke "magic spells" (like affordance traps) to get you to do their bidding.
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The Book of Woke: The Production of the Woke Self
What gets called Woke, especially on the Left, is a complete worldview (or ersatz theology) that therefore provides all the usual philosophical elements.
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What Woke Really Means
Even though it's a term without a stable meaning as it evolved, "Woke" is increasingly coming to mean something quite specific and precise.
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The Alchemy of the Dialectic
The dialectic is ultimately the engine of all Marxist and Hegelian thought and underlies the conflict between Fascism and Marxism.
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Twenty-First Century Woke—Left and Right | James Lindsay
James Lindsay explains how thinking changed as the Modern Era gave way to an Information Era many consider to be "Postmodern."
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The Essence of Critical Theory
Critical theory is a tool for delegitimizing a real thing for not being some kind of sociopolitical ideal thing that cannot even exist.
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The Iterated Motte and Bailey Strategy
Host James Lindsay explains how the "motte and bailey" strategy can be iterated to give legitimacy to truly radical ideas.
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Woke as Warring Narratives
James Lindsay reads from "The Book of Woke" to help you understand this bizarre and dangerous foundational perspective of Wokeness.
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Man With Three Faces: Politics, Pathology, and the Modern Selves
Most of the time, everyone believes they’re talking about the facts, the “what’s happening” level of conversation, but sometimes they’re really talking about something deeper.
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Emergency and the Philosophy of Leftism
This philosophy is not exactly a deep resentment of the past; It’s a romantic resentment of history as civilization itself.
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The Book of Woke: Introducing Critical Constructivism
Host James Lindsay introduces a series exploring this book and exposing Woke for what it really is: a cult religious worldview.
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Doing Social Justice Responsibly
Pluckrose tackles the ideological excesses within social justice activism, offering a way to address social justice issues without abandoning reason.
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The Hoax that Broke the Conservative Internet
James Lindsay revealed a hoax against American Reformer by rewriting the Communist Manifesto to align with "Woke Right" ideology.
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Panel: Grievance Studies
In October 2019, James Lindsay, Peter Boghossian, Helen Pluckrose, and Mike Nayna gathered in London to reflect on the "Grievance Studies" project.
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