#Foucault

Wokal Distance

wokal_distance

1/A huge mistake people make is to think of postmodernism, post-structuralism, intersectionality, Critical Legal Studies, Critical Race Theory, 4th wave feminism, and Critical Theory as being separate and distinct, having

The Cosmist Insurrection, Inc. ™

yungneocon

Here’s an uncomfortable fact: public schooling, state social work, public hygiene, the welfare state, bureaucratic regulation arriving at the same time as the progressive era, prohibition, drug lAws, neoclassical econ

Olivier Tesquet

oliviertesquet

« Les législations sécuritaires sont des drogues normatives dures ; elles entraînent un pays entier dans un tourbillon collectif irrationnel, basé sur la crainte du danger. » Cest pire avec l’urgence sanitaire,

Tim Howles

AimeTim

1/ Nicholas Heron, "Liturgical Power: Between Economic and Political Theology", 2018, contests that idea that there is a “genetic derivation” or “structural homology” between politics & theology. 2/ Instead, Heron

pete wolfendale

deontologistics

I have a lot of disagreements with @slatestarcodex, but this is genuinely one of the best essays I’ve ever read about death and personal autonomy:https://slatestarcodex.com/2013/07/17/who-by-very-slow-decay/ The only thing that beats

the discourse sommelier

funnierhandle

for all the good in Adam Curtis' latest, the fundamental problem with his worldview is his apparent unwillingness to actually address the reasons why we live in the 'strange times'

James Lindsay, increasingly relevant

ConceptualJames

Part of me is really looking forward to the showdown between Queer Theory and Critical Race Theory for primacy. The theories are wholly incompatible because they theorize identity in the

Meme America GIF Again🇺🇸

GifAgain

Post-modernism was an attempt to cancel Western grand narratives (i.e. the Bible, the Torah, the Magna Carta, the Constitution, Shakespeare, Locke, Hume, etc.) & attack the heart of civilization (i.e.

Oliver Bateman Does the Work

MoustacheClubUS

my dissertation was on education clauses in state constitutions + the history of school finance litigation, but i became disenchanted w/ that topic bc:a) nearly everyone involved w/ that "work"

Lugh

lugh____

Thread on the left since I just saw something hilarious relating to The Labour Party with which I will conclude the thread with: So what happened to the Left? The

Infectious Diseases

InfectiousDz

Denial has always been a part of any epidemic. Pathogens, invisible and wiggling into vulnerabilities and fault lines in society, slip by cloaked by denial. The philosopher Foucault said of

Baby Drew 🏂

SocioDrew

I came in as a 17 year old freshman and one of my first classes required final was a 25 page paper. My highschool never required us to write more

helena

lacroicsz

thread on why some females call themselves "trans men" but continue to display (or even exaggerate) feminine behavior and appearance many of these types dont follow the original understanding

"Shoot him again, his soul is still dancing"

Aelkus

most discussions about expertise and public policy go nowhere partially because critics often use them mostly as an excuse to vent anger, which in a way partially just recapitulates the

IREOLUWATOMIWA ✍🏾

ireoluwa_e

Okay time for a thread. What is queer theory and how in the world is it linked to pedophilia? Going to compile all the fact I am aware of into

Cathy Elliott

DrCathyElliott

I had the *most* fun co-editing and putting together this special edition of @RenewalJournal on Time and Politics with @ea_robinson. Please enjoy our editorial for highlights of the treasures within.

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