Ep. 1724 Postmodernism, Critical Theory, and What's Wrong With (Much of) Academia

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Tom Woods

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🗓️ 1 September 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

James Lindsay joins me to discuss postmodernism, critical theory, and the various fields -- like "queer studies", "disabled studies", and the like -- that have made academia into a minefield of untouchable orthodoxies.

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0:00.0	The Tom Wood Show, episode 1724.
0:03.5	Prepare to set fire to the index card of allowable opinion.
0:08.0	Your daily dose of liberty education starts here.
0:11.6	The Tom Wood Show.
0:14.5	Folks, if you're like me, one of the most demoralizing things is when someone
0:18.0	utters the truth and then lamely apologizes.
0:20.9	Well, not these folks.
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0:25.7	who told the PC mob to go pound sand.
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0:35.8	Hey, everybody, Tom Woods here.
0:37.0	I'm joined today by James Lindsay.
0:39.0	Who, with Helen Pluckrose, is co-author of the brand new book,
0:43.1	SINICAL THEORIES.
0:44.5	How activists scholarship made everything about race, gender, and identity.
0:49.2	And why this harms everybody.
0:51.5	James has a very interesting background.
0:53.2	He holds a PhD in mathematics.
0:54.8	We're going to talk about his background just a minute.
0:56.9	And I feel certain that a lot of you will be familiar with him.
1:01.4	Even if not by name, you'll know about at least something he was involved in
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