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492: Above the Snowflakes - Series Introduction
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492: Above the Snowflakes - Series Introduction
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Length:
117 minutes
Released:
May 11, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Today, many young people are looking for personal liberation in all the wrong places.
Discussed:
- Thaddeus vs. Jordan Peterson: common ground?
- letting go of a conspiracy theory
- over-corrective responses to to Enlightenment problems
- The Frankfurt School and Critical Theory
- Postmodernism and identity politics
- redeeming Marx from the horrifying political consequences
- making a better world: the top-down and individual-up approaches
- the consequences of biological determinism
- the benefits of identity politics
- the trap of identity politics (essentialism)
- how people accidentally make themselves political pawns
- subjectivity and its philosophical problems
- my unfortunate history prioritizing group identity over my self (knowledge and improvement)
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Discussed:
- Thaddeus vs. Jordan Peterson: common ground?
- letting go of a conspiracy theory
- over-corrective responses to to Enlightenment problems
- The Frankfurt School and Critical Theory
- Postmodernism and identity politics
- redeeming Marx from the horrifying political consequences
- making a better world: the top-down and individual-up approaches
- the consequences of biological determinism
- the benefits of identity politics
- the trap of identity politics (essentialism)
- how people accidentally make themselves political pawns
- subjectivity and its philosophical problems
- my unfortunate history prioritizing group identity over my self (knowledge and improvement)
Please Support School Sucks
Our Amazon Wish List
Donate With Bitcoin
Or Join the A/V Club
Support Us On Patreon
Shop With Us At Amazon
Your continued support keeps the show going and growing, which keeps us at the top of the options for education podcasts and leads to new people discovering this message. This subscription also grants you access to the A/V Club, a bonus content section with 200+ hours of exclusive audio and video.
If you are a regular consumer of our media, please consider making a monthly commitment by selecting the best option for you...
A/V Club - Basic Access - $8.00/Month
AP Club - "Advanced" Access - $12.00/Month
Sigma Sigma Pi - Full Access - $16.00/Month
Released:
May 11, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (21)
5. How Schools Crush Creativity and Critical Thinking: With the great Dr. Peter Gray, author of Free To Learn. by School Sucks: Higher Education For Self-Liberation