Cynical theories
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Tender, decolonization, privileges, fathemalism. Having hit the academic articles into everyday life, these words are increasingly affecting our perception of the world. But where did they come from? Their source is a scattering of critical theories that arose during a postmodern turn with its problematization of power, knowledge and truth. Nothing - from sex and history textbooks to medical diagnoses and architecture - cannot hide from activists who have set the mission to identify and destroy any forms of oppression. Helen Placroes and James Lindsay believe that, despite the good desire to make the world a little more fair, critical theories with their almost religious zeal and black and white perception of the world pose a threat to both the Academy and society. “Cynical theories” are a painstaking and brisk analysis of the main postulates of “activist science”, its internal logic and contradictions. This book will help to plunge into a modern intellectual context, to understand what guides the parties to cultural wars, and not be lost in disputes on the subjects elusive from understanding
Author:
Author:James Lindsay, Helen Placute
Cover:
Cover:Soft
Category:
- Category:Education & Teaching
- Category:Politics & Social Science
- Category:Reference books
- Category:Social Science & Politics
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:18+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-6046877-2-7
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