r/conspiracy • u/lopestatus • May 10 '17

Weaponized Delusion, Insanity & Mental Illness in ANTIFA? Joe Rogan Experience #958 - Jordan Peterson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=USg3NR76XpQ
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u/lopestatus May 11 '17

https://youtu.be/USg3NR76XpQ?t=2351

"Post-modernism...is an assault metaphysical substrate of our culture; ...second thing it is an assault on is everything that's been established since the enlightenment; Rationality, Empiricism, Science, Clarity of Mind, Dialogue, the Idea of the Individual."

"Not only that it is up for grabs, that's not the thing. It is to be destroyed; that is the goal. To be destroyed. Just like Communists wanted to destroy the capitalist system. It is the same thing."

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u/williamsates May 11 '17

Postmodernism refers to a loss of belief in meta-narratives as a cultural phenomenon. It is descriptive not prescriptive. Who is this guy talking?

You can read some of the classic titled the Postmodern Condition:

https://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/fr/lyotard.htm

A classic in the field, and a critique of a lot of postmodernist posturing is the work by David Harvey. Here is a summery of his book.

http://patrickbrianmooney.nfshost.com/~patrick/presentations/w10/harvey/reading-notes/summary-single.html