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> the humanities did plenty to devalue itself, by adopting the view that 'value' itself is likely a social construct. The humanities is not a monolith. If you
by ryanklee 3y ago
> the humanities did plenty to devalue itself, by adopting the view that 'value' itself is likely a social construct.
The humanities is not a monolith.
If you ask a philosopher in the analytic tradition, which is the tradition in which most of the philosophical world resides, they are likely to disagree with social constructivist views.
- murderfs 3y agoAnd if you ask a philosopher in the continental tradition, you're likely to get 1000 words of self-contradictory jargon that sounds deep, but means absolutely nothing. You don't get to point at Neil deGrasse Tyson, and sweep, for example, Zizek under the rug. The Sokal affair was not some sort of isolated aberration, the truth is that enormous chunks of the humanities are worthless.