Platonist, Aristotelian, Epicurean, Stoic, Skeptic, Cynic or Sophist? None of the above are satisfactory, as ready-made off-the-shelf pre-packaged philosophies, at least. They should be studied; not ingested whole, nor regurgitated whole. Plato was best in terms of the ancient Greeks, with regards to metaphysics, on ontology and epistemology, or the
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Dead Wild Roses: The DWR Quote of the Day – Noam Chomsky on Post Modernism
“Unless someone can answer the simple questions that immediately arise in the mind of any reasonable person when claims about “theory” and “philosophy” are raised, I’ll keep to work that seems to me sensible and enlightening, and to people who are interested in understanding and changing the world. Johnb made
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: “It Depends Who You Talk To” – Relativism, Nihilism & Mass Insanity
Let’s get some things out of the way, right from the start. Our society is insane. Fromm was right, and there is no doubt about it. Illusions, delusion, lies and half-truths, distortions of the truth, avoidance of reality, denial, psychological numbness, narcissism and disociation are all epidemic. That is in
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Discussing Post Modernism – Nick Pemberton
When the topic of post modernism comes up, I always brace for the onslaught of adherents who sorta miss the point of what PoMo thought is all about. It’s been so long since I’ve dealt with an actual post modern argument, and not just people who want to replace authoritarian
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: A Critique of Post Modernism and Identity Politics
This is a meaty read folks, and much better when put in context of the original article that you should read here. It will need a second and third reading, IMHO. “Identity politics flows logically from this broader censure of universalism. It is derived from the postmodern
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Feminist Quote of the Day – Elizabeth Hungerford – On Neo Liberalism
Ms. Hungerford clearly has no time for all the silliness po-mo brings to the table. “Post-modern neoliberalism seeks to dismiss the experience of womanhood by claiming that anyone can choose to be a woman. And, in any case, it claims that we are too diverse to be generalized about. An
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Welcome to the Shitfestival, brought to you by Po-Mo and Social Media.
“How We Reached the Point Where We Can’t Hear Each Other” is a article on Counterpunch by Joseph Natoli. I’ve excerpted some of the beginning bits for context, but the best is when he focuses on what is happening in Education and how people are taught to think these days. I’m also a fan of […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Conversations with the Po-Mo Crowd – An Interesting Dialogue on Why Words Have Meanings.
You can find the original conversation here. As this appeared on tumblr I’ve taken some editorial liberties with correcting spelling and grammar and adding titles to the speakers. I’ve had versions of this conversation before and of course, I was not nearly as eloquent as the final response was. POMO: Terfs are always demanding […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: On The BS that is Much of Post-Modern ‘Discourse’ – Derrick Jenson
This excerpt for the article ‘Liberals and the New McCarthyism‘ ” And I blame the groundlessness of postmodernism, with its assertion that meaning is not inherent in anything, that there are no truths, and that each person’s perception of reality is equally valid. As well as destroying class consciousness—which is
Continue readingPolitics, Re-Spun: Canada: The Eternal Rebuilding Project
Personal relationships enrich us, work makes us feel useful, and goals give us purpose via Lecture 1 – Belonging: The Paradox of Citizenship | Ideas with Paul Kennedy | CBC Radio. Adrienne Clarkson speaks in this Massey Lecture about belonging. The first peoples were here first. They established a sense
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Performance art gone horribly right
All of the critics agreed. Hans Feckenbruke’s performance piece, “Transcending Irony: post-post-modern capitalism in the Western World, from the top of the Chrysler Building, as seen from the perspective of consumers on the ground,” was a spectacular — if messy … Continue reading →
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