Helen Pluckrose

Helen Pluckrose is a liberal humanist and political and cultural writer and commentator. She mostly just wants people to value evidence-based knowledge and consistently liberal ethics.

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Jean-François Lyotard, Michel Foucault and Jacques Derrida

How French Intellectuals Ruined the West

Postmodernism and Its Impact, Explained.

Helen Pluckrose

7 May 2024 · 18 min read

Brexit and The Voice: Two Ill-Conceived Referenda

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made a grave error of judgement. If he had paid more attention to the polarisation created by Brexit, he might have done things differently.

Helen Pluckrose

31 Oct 2023 · 12 min read

Podcast #150: Helen Pluckrose on the Role of Postmodernism in the Construction of Modern Social-Justice Dogmas

Quillette founder Claire Lehmann speaks with Cynical Theories co-author (and Grievance Studies Hoax collaborator) Helen Pluckrose about the influence of postmodern ideas in the formulation of the latest iterations of Critical Race Theory, Queer Theory, and other “intersectional” doctrines. Transcript: Jonathan Kay: Welcome to the Quillette podcast. I’m Jonathan

Quillette / Helen Pluckrose

25 May 2021 · 24 min read