Is Postmodernism Neo-Marxist?
What he calls postmodern neo-Marxism is one of Jordan Peterson’s favourite bugbears—even though, by his own admission, the only Marxist work he has read is the Communist Manifesto and in…
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Postmodernism, Heal Thyself!
During the last half of the twentieth century, in the heart of France, there was a colossal rupture in the fabric of philosophical and intellectual thinking. A new, iconoclastic way…
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Postmodernism in the Classroom
When I (Patty) was a high school senior newly enamoured of critical theory, I wrote a tongue-in-cheek essay positioning Oscar the Grouch as a victim of oppression by a bourgeois…
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A Modest Defence of Postmodernism
An intellectual war in which postmodernism is both weaponized and assailed seems to have been raging for a long time. But postmodernism’s proponents and demonizers are seldom willing to engage…
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Postmodernism Isn’t A Scourge on Civil Society—It’s Just a Pointless Indulgence
Postmodernism has taken some heat in recent years. Anyone with the capacity to say I don’t know who has taken a close look at it since it first emerged from…
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Postmodernism and Psychoanalysis
Jordan B. Peterson is a self-professed proponent of classical liberalism, a Jungian and a clinical psychologist. However, as I will argue here, classical liberalism and psychoanalysis are fundamentally at odds.…
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A Review of Explaining Postmodernism by Stephen Hicks
Introduction It might seem unusual to review a book that was originally published in 2004. But Explaining Postmodernism has enjoyed a recent resurgence of popularity. Jordan Peterson has praised the…
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Postmodernism vs. The Pomoid Cluster
This is an abridged and edited version of a piece published in Everything Studies. Since I’ve been active on Twitter, I’ve had front row seats to the best intellectual slapfights no…
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Skepticism is Necessary in our Post-Truth Age. Postmodernism is Not
We at Areo recently published a passionate defense of postmodernism by Kenneth Houston, Professor of International Relations at Webster. We did so, despite having published several essays strongly critical of…
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The Necessity of Postmodernism in the Post-Truth Age
Although we have published several articles highly critical of postmodernism as a mode of thought, we remain committed to publishing well-written counterviews and found this submission to be thoughtful and…
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No, Postmodernism is Not Dead (and Other Misconceptions)
I first began talking seriously about postmodernism in an epistemological sense seven years ago. I was studying it at university at the same time as reading and writing about skepticism…
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Postmodernism Isn’t Playing Around Anymore
Recently, classical liberals’ understanding of the phenomenon of postmodernism has come under heavy fire, with Jordan Peterson in particular facing criticism for coining the phrase “postmodern neo-Marxist.” Though it’s fairly…
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How French “Intellectuals” Ruined the West: Postmodernism and Its Impact, Explained
Postmodernism presents a threat not only to liberal democracy but to modernity itself. That may sound like a bold or even hyperbolic claim, but the reality is that the cluster…
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Postmodernism’s Troubled Relationship with Science
It might be a bit of an understatement to say that the election of Donald J. Trump has caused a lot of anxiety in the US science community. There is concern…
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The Great Reboot: In Memoriam Mark Fisher
“We remain trapped in the twentieth century,” claimed theorist Mark Fisher. “The future has disappeared.” It’s hard to believe that it’s been six years since Fisher’s suicide, at the age of…
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In Defence of Liberal Education: Roosevelt Montás’ “Rescuing Socrates”
Roosevelt Montás is the author of a powerful new book called Rescuing Socrates: How the Great Books Changed My Life and Why They Matter for a New Generation, which is…
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A Revolutionary After All: Christopher Hitchens’ Consistent Idea
In a 2005 debate with Christopher Hitchens, George Galloway facetiously called him an example of “the first ever metamorphosis from a butterfly back into a slug.” He was pointing to…
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Secular Superstitions: Why Unfalsifiable Narratives Are Harmful
Is diamond harder than steel? Does 2 + 2 = 4? Sure. But there are some statements that we can’t evaluate as either true or false. Some of them are…
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