The Intellectual Roots of Wokeness with James Lindsay and Peter Boghossian (Ep.15)
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2020
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My latest episode features James Lindsay and Peter Boghossian. James is a mathematician, writer, and founder of New Discourses. He is the author of a new book called ‘Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity’. Peter is a philosopher, a professor at Portland State University, and the author of ‘A Manual for Creating Atheists’ and ‘How to Have Impossible Conversations’.
During this episode, we talk about critical theory, postmodernism and how these conspired to build the foundation of social justice ideology as we know it today. We talk about the ways in which social justice has departed from its parent ideologies, and much more.
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Anything with James Lindsay, Helen Pluckrose, and Peter Boghossian should be required viewing, listening, and reading. The same goes for Coleman Hughes.
I am reminded of this wonderful quote:
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What always impresses me with James, Peter and Helen is their relentless expertise with the actual subject matter.
very glad to see there is a next generation of Thomas Sowell aware and alive. Gives me much hope for the future of the country. Great work. You are not only a wise voice but a brave man for sure. Thank you for taking up the fight. Hope many young minds hear your voice.
I am not an intellect but at 60yrs of age I love to listen to these informative discussions when I'm driving or farting around the house. Thank you for sharing your grey matter with me. You really are educating this old fuddy duddy Tin of Peas in Ireland
I appreciate a host who is every bit as smart as his guests, but doesn't feel the need to interject every time his guests say something he already knows, but may be new to the watching audience. Having that intellectual confidence is refreshing and makes the content so much easier to digest.
I already had Cynical Race Theories on hold at the library, but I was 15th in line for it. After watching this, I decided to go ahead and buy it along with the How to Have Impossible Conversations book. Thanks for making such a complex topic easier to understand!
Coleman you have the most intellligent discussions on the internet.
It's a crime this was only 90 minutes.
I don't think I can make strides with certain people "on the left." I tried to tell my friend about CRT and they wouldn't acknowledge it's relationship with BLM and Marxism and how it's everywhere, etc. They're response to my observations: "I'm sure that's how you would see it. It's easy to connect the dots to fit your version of reality." I tried to say it's not "my version" or "my perception," and that you can read what is explicitly written by critical race theorists themselves... The literature is out there. He wouldn't. We can't even agree on what is true. He said most things are perceptions and history is written by the winners. I don't think I can be friends with someone who doesn't believe that there is an objective truth. I'd like to just accept that they're wrong and closed-minded, but I don't think I can.
James lindsay is just a beast
Some SJWs try to be kind, but the language they use just incites and implies meanness. I’m a gay dude and I believe in a traditional sexual ethic (but I don’t force that on others. I just share my perspectives).
After watching the presidential debate, this is nice lol
I thought I was an intellectual, and now I realize that I know nearly nothing about philosophy and any other topic presented here. It's still interesting, but over my head. Nevertheless, it makes me want to learn more about these issues and gives me something to look forward to. Thank you Coleman and friends!
Lindsay, Pluckrose and Boghossian are crucial in the fight for rational thought against ideological dogmatism. Thank you so much!
I have had a similar experience in my classes where we studied Foucault, hegemony, etc. I felt stupid because I did not fully understand it and it was so hard to engage with because the professors accepted it as fact. Looking back, I realize it was the class and the material that was flawed and was not set up for intellectual development.
Love James's story about moms taking away/throwing something away if kids fight over it. My parents, grandparents were same way!
When I was growing up my parents taught me that good manners demanded that you do not discuss certainly things in polite company. Those certain things boiled down to the "big three" - Politics, Sex, and Religion. The reason was that it was a sure way to start an argument if you brought those topics up in places where they did not belong. That was not to say there would never be a time and place to discuss those things but there was most definitely a time and a place NOT to bring those topics up in casual conversation with polite company. Fast forward to today and what are the main topics of conversation everywhere you go? That's right - Politics, Sex, and Religion. Somewhere along the way we forgot to keep our opinions to ourselves and all people want to do these days is push their opinions about politics, sex, and religion. Add to that the speed at which we are able to communicate to vast numbers of people and the results speaks for themselves.
A great trip here, a joy to listen in and learn from these three guys. A golden era of free, gracious teaching and education. Let's revel in it whilst we're free so to do.