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> a very serious view in the postmodern, post-WWII academy is That's just a load of edgy nonsense to get attention. Unfortunately, it seems to have worked.
by tgv 4y ago
> a very serious view in the postmodern, post-WWII academy is
That's just a load of edgy nonsense to get attention. Unfortunately, it seems to have worked.
- daseiner1 4y agoWhich part, exactly, is “””edgy”””?
- tgv 4y agoDo I really need to spell it out? Or do you consider it all equally edgy? The obvious candidate is "the culmination of 3000 years of Western culture [is] the Holocaust". Although, I must admit, the weird mixture of other points also makes good candidates. E.g., the relation between education and "CIA-backed coups in South America" is one which seems to spring from a conspiracy theory. And, it completely ignores the achievements of "Western thought", as well as the barbaric actions that have taken place elsewhere, from Turkey to Japan, while simultaneously suggesting their thinkers should be read.