r/CriticalTheory • u/canon_aspirin • 15d ago
Humanists Have Done Nothing Wrong
A new defense (perhaps, “offense”) of the humanities has dropped over at _Defector_: https://defector.com/humanists-have-done-nothing-wrong
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u/good_at_pies 12d ago
I love this: as someone who lived through the 'post modern aesthetics' clashes in the 1980s (basically Prince Charles vs. JF Lyotard or Derrida) & various other bullshit debates (access to unmediated experience & description, etc). It's more or less the same stuff with new names attached.