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It is an answer looking for a question, the opposite of an open and free search for true knowledge about human beings in the world through time.
At this point, we must really pause to ask ourselves how feminist theory is leaking into popular culture, and the reason is that it’s activism-driven scholarship.
Why would people take academics’ more ridiculous pronouncements so seriously, or seriously at all in the case of communication studies departments?
Our memories are deeply fallible and highly suggestible.
Understanding these mechanisms can hopefully produce a broader sense of how ideologically motivated people are able to acquire and wield so much power.
Political and ideological indoctrination of children is most effective when it begins early.
Though different literary forms, the key message of both works was the same: beware any person or group that redefines words.
What effect does the conceptualization of the document have upon editorial practice?
Critical Theory was on the oppressive nature of mass consumerism which is closely linked to capitalism but it gradually expanded to cover almost every area of human relations.
Access to journals is crucial for how they do their work. But few research libraries can afford all the journal subscriptions needed by all of their faculty for all occasions.
The lack of any ideological counterpoise has created a vacuum where ideas have no mechanism or incentive for moderation.
The ALSCW started because of the ascendancy of postmodernist theory, but not because of the politics associated with postmodern theory.
Peterson is celebrated in the news media as a champion of free speech and liberal, democratic values, while in fact promoting a far-right worldview.
The case for deferring to scientific consensus on politically contentious topics is much weaker. This is true because what scientists publicly say may differ from what they privately believe.
What I mean by that is the narrative extolled by university trained feminists that implies assault victims are victims for life and have been irreparably damaged.