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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryAbsent Minds: Intellectuals in Britain Collini, Stefan Book 2006 An argument against what Collini calls the 'declinist thesis', the belief that contemporary intellectual life is getting increasingly dumbed down and stagnant. Declinists, Collini suggests, are in den... Academe's Poisonous Call-Out Culture Walters, Suzanna Danuta Article 2017 I cannot help thinking that something has gone seriously wrong when a scholar who is not transphobic or working against the interests of trans people, but, in fact, considering an important question, ... Against Post-Modernism: A Marxist Critique  Callinocos, Alex Book 1982 Callinocos argues that the relativism preached by post-modernists leaves us with no objective criteria by which to reject those who would falsify the past. An Annotated Bibliography of Nonsense Malik, Kenan Article 1998 Academic critics today not only question the impact of science upon society, but they also question the very idea of scientific rationality. Bad Marxism: Capitalism and Cultural Studies Hutnyk, John Book 2004 Cultural Studies commonly claims to be a radical discipline. This book thinks that's a bad assessment. After an introduction critiquing the so-called 'Marxism' of the academy, Hutnyk provides detailed... The beginning of the end for identity politics? Lopez, Daniel Article 2017 While the millennial left’s preoccupation with identity has not disappeared, the moralistic fire has grown dimmer. Chomsky on Post-Modernism Chomsky, Noam Article 1995 What I find in the writings of the post-modernists is extremely pretentious, but on examination, a lot of it is simply illiterate, based on extraordinary misreading of texts that I know well (sometime... Clinton Manipulates Language of Intersectionality to Preserve Support from Minority Voters Chibber, Vivek; Kalek, Rania; Gosztola, Kevin Article 2016 The presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton has been a master class in how to divorce economic issues from issues of race and gender by pushing the language of "intersectionality," which enables the ... Culture of Complaint: The Fraying of America Hughes, Robert Book 1993 Propaganda-talk, euphemism, and evasion are so much a part of American usage today that they cross all party lines and ideological divides. The art of not answering the question, of cloaking unpleasan... Defending the West: A Critique of Edward Said's Orientalism Warraq, Ibn Book 2008 A methodical deconstruction of Edward Said's Orientalism.
Democracy Against Capitalism Wood, Ellen Meiksins Book 1995 Wood provides a brilliant explication and defense of the key theoretical concepts relevant to socialism, understood to be the most radical social and economic democracy. Descent into Discourse: The Reification of Language and the Writing of Social History Palmer, Brian Book 1990 Critique of postmodernist and poststructuralist approaches in history. EducationSources.ca Website 2017 Web portal with sources of information about education and academia, including articles, documents, books, websites, and experts and spokespersons. The home page features a selection of recent and imp... Edward Said, Orientalism: Reviewed by Malcolm Kerr Kerr, Malcolm Article 1980 The book contains many excellent sections and scores many telling points, but it is spoiled by overzealous prosecutorial argument in which Professor Said, in his eagerness to spin too large a web, lea... Endarkenment: Postmodernism, Identity Politics, and the Attack on Free Speech Leighton, Ron Article 2017 Many today find the idea of free speech appalling—an awful fact to those who believe in freedom, quaint as it sounds. Left-liberals agitate to prevent disagreeable expression. Their masked street alli... Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science Sokal, Alan; Bricmont, Jean Book 1997 The authors criticize postmodernism in academia for its misuses of scientific and mathematical concepts in postmodern writing. Fashionable Nonsense examines two related topics: (1) The incompetent and... For Lust of Knowing: The Orientalists and their enemies Irwin, Robert Book 2006 A rebuttal of Edward Said which examines who the Orientalists were, how historically they advanced their disciplines, and what their achievements have been. Irwin calls Said's book "a work of malignan... Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and its Quarrels with Science Gross, Paul; Levitt, Norman Book 1994 Describes attacks on science, and on concepts of truth and rationality, in areas of the humanities. How Does the Subaltern Speak? Chibber, Vivek Article 2013 Vivek Chibber argues that postcolonial theory discounts the enduring value of Enlightenment universalism at its own peril. Focusing particularly on the strain of postcolonial theory known as subaltern... How French 'Intellectuals' Ruined the West: Postmodernism and Its Impact, Explained Pluckrose, Helen Article 2017 Postmodernism presents a threat not only to liberal democracy but to modernity itself. Humanism Betrayed: Ideology, and Culture in the Contemporary University Good, Graham Book 2001 This book offers a defence of liberal humanism as a philosophy of higher education, particularly in the humanities, against the illiberal trends, political and intellectual, that are currently dominat... The Illusions of Postmodernism Eagleton, Terry Book 1996 Eagleton explores the origins and emergence of postmodernism, revealing its ambivalences and contradictions. His primary concern is less with the more intricate formulations of postmodern philosophy t... Multiculturalism or World Culture?: On a "Left"-Wing Response to Contemporary Social Breakdown Goldner, Loren Article 1991 Post-modernists are profoundly bored by any questions of economics and technology which cannot be connected to cultural differences. The implicit agenda of the multiculturalists is to present the valu... The Nazis and Deconstruction: Jean-Pierre Faye's Demolition of Derrida Goldner, Loren Article 1993 A review of Jean-Pierre Faye's book 'La raison narrative', which traces the Nazi origins of deconstructionist and post-modernist concepts and terminology. Faye shows, for example, that the concept of ... Nothing Mat(t)ers: A Feminist Critique of Postmodernism Brodribb, Somer Book 1992 An explanation of the foundation of recent post-modern theory which also criticises the misogynist and patriarchal work of Jacques Lacan, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Jean Baudrillard and Jean-Fr... Ontological "Difference" and the Neo-Liberal War on the Social: Deconstruction and Deindustrialization Goldner, Loren Article 2001 We have today legions of people with a smattering of knowledge turning out reams of books filled with buzz words that could be (and have been) produced by a computer program, and could be (and are) pi... The Origins of Post-Modernity Anderson, Perry Book Perry Anderson's book outlines the cultural changes that have accompanied the victory of global capitalism. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - April 23, 2016: Science and its enemies Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2016 Our society and its institutions, public and private, regularly tell us that science, and education in the sciences, are crucial to our future. These public declarations are strangely reminiscent of t... Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - September 10, 2016: Back to School Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Article 2016 Education - about the world, and about social change in particular - is a key element in the work that Connexions does. In this issue of Other Voices, we explore a few aspects of the ways in which edu... Postmodern Disrobed: Review of Intellectual Impostures Dawkins, Richard Article 1998 An admirable job of exposing the daffy absurdity of postmodernism intellectuals. Postmodernism: Paralysed by postmodernism Kitching, Gavin Article 2008 A great deal of "theory" in the humanities and social sciences -- and not just postmodern theory -- involves the creating of a kind of conceptual landscape filled with curious kinds of abstract object... Postmodernism, the Academic Left, and the Crisis of Capitalism Rechtenwalk, Michael Article 2013 Over the past fifty years, postmodern theory — an umbrella term generally used to refer to such diverse theoretical movements and paradigms as post-structuralism, Lacanian psychoanalysis, deconstructi... The Professor of Parody Nussbaum, Martha Article 2000 It is difficult to come to grips with Judith Butler’s ideas because it is difficult to figure out what they are. Rationality/Science Chomsky, Noam Article 1995 Chomsky writes: "It strikes me as remarkable that the left today should seek to deprive oppressed people not only of the joys of understanding and insight, but also of tools of emancipation, informing... Reading Orientalism: Said and the unsaid Varisco, Daniel Martin Book 2008 An extensive discussion of Edward Said's influential 1978 polemic 'Orientalism'. Varisco mounts a sustained critique on Said's flawed methodology, his skewed and selective handling of literary evidenc... Edward Said's shadowy legacy: Tricky with argument, weak in languages, careless of facts: but, thirty years on, Said still dominates debate Irwin, Robert Article 2008 So many academics want the arguments presented in Edward Said's Orientalism (1978) to be true. It discourages any kind of critical approach to Islam in Middle Eastern studies. Telling the Truth: Socialist Register 2006 Panitch, Leo; Keys, Colin (eds.) Book 2005 A collection of essays that examines the difficulties of illuminating the degenerative and secretive nature of public life. The Trouble with Theory: The Educational Costs of Postmodernism Kitching, Gavin Book 2008 Postmodern theory has engaged the hearts and heads of the brightest students because of its apparent political and social radicalism. Yet Kitching writes: "At the heart of postmodernism is very poor, ... Vanguard of Retrogression: "Postmodern" Fictions as Ideology in the Era of Fictitious Capital Goldner, Loren Book 2001 When one probes the terms of the debate, what is truly amazing is that the ostensibly anti-Eurocentric multiculturalists are, without knowing it, purveying a remarkably Eurocentric version of what th... Where Do Postmodernists Come From? Eagleton, Terry Article 1995 Eagleton argues that left intellectuals have adopted postmodernism out of a sense of having been badly defeated, a belief that the left as a political tendency has little future. Culturalism, he argue... Sources LibraryScience and its enemies Introduction to the April 23, 2016 issue of Other Voices Diemer, Ulli 2016 Our society and its institutions, public and private, regularly tell us that science, and education in the sciences, are crucial to our future. These public declarations are strangely reminiscent of t... |
