Has anyone read this? I finished it the other day and think it's an essential read for people trying to understand what postmodernism is, and the forces that led to its rise.
My main criticisms are with 1) Hicks' thesis that postmodernism is a result of butthurt from socialism failing, which I don't think is true at all, 2) his conclusion that postmodernism is a rejection of enlightenment ideals; this may be partly true, in a way, but current strains of leftism are more correctly viewed as the twisted end result of enlightenment ideals, and 3) Hicks' failure to draw any attention to the jewish question.
On the last issue, I cannot fault an academic for not addressing this openly, especially when they drop as many clues as Hicks does in the book; at a certain point the reader has to connect the dots and figure out jewish problem on their own. But referring to Frankfurt School jews as "German philosophers," Derrida as "French," and overall skirting around this essential ethnic component, which the author was no doubt aware of, is disingenuous.
There are also many parallels between Explaining Postmodernism and the Culture of Critique, so many in fact that I have trouble believing Hicks had not read MacDonald's seminal work prior to writing it.
Good book, though, a must read for those interested in postmodernism.
Josiah Green
Hicks is an Objectivist, throw that shit in the trash
Gabriel Ramirez
>Hicks' thesis that postmodernism is a result of butthurt from socialism failing Yeah, this is an oversimplification at best.
>his conclusion that postmodernism is a rejection of enlightenment ideals; this may be partly true, in a way, but current strains of leftism are more correctly viewed as the twisted end result of enlightenment ideals This conclusion is more than party true. Those current strains of leftism that you are referring to would not be postmodern, I'd say, if they are some sort of logical conclusion of enlightenment ideals. I'm not even really sure what you're referring to or what you mean by this if I'm being honest. Read Dialectic of Enlightenment. That's literally what the whole book is about. It's also the most influential thing to come out of the so-called Frankfurt School.
>skirting around this essential ethnic component, which the author was no doubt aware of, is disingenuous How is the Jewish ethnicity of the philosophers you've mentioned relevant to explaining postmodernism (presumably the aim of the book)? Not really going on the offensive here just curious as to why you think this should be discussed in the book.
I haven't read this book or anything just trying to help get the thread going.
Brayden Baker
the jews created postmodernism to disenfranchise the west and ensure their absolute rule over us. just like how they pushed feminism continuously to keep men feminised and scared of their women. you see how they took down harvey weinstein? fucking jews. they are destroying all that is good in the world, like the jewish hollywood elite, through their pushing of feminist values. the jewish conspiracy to take down the jews is relentless.
Logan Reed
I read this, really enjoyed it. This has to be bait, but I'll bite and tell you to go back to pol
Anthony Stewart
how could you be this blue pilled. can't you see what's happening? the jews are attacking our very way of life. they've gotten so bold as to attack our cultural center: hollywood. think of all the jews who've been taken down in recent weeks. do you think that's coincidence? no. the jews are getting so bold that they are attacking people we thought were untouchable: the hollywood elite. what happens when the jews are gone from hollywood and the jews take over? hmm?
Connor Price
>fucking jews. they are destroying all that is good in the world, like the jewish hollywood elite, through their pushing of feminist values. the jewish conspiracy to take down the jews is relentless.
he's obviously being facetious you fucking retard
Hunter Jenkins
Doesn't this guy say that Kant was a postmodernist?
Nolan Russell
>when your whole worldview stems from ad hominem
Julian Allen
>logical conclusion of enlightenment ideals OP btw. Not logical lol, just egalitarian idealism taken to its ends.
To the part about jews, it has everything to do with them, and you (meaning anyone) will only have a partial understanding of postmodernism if you don't understand the jewish question. The iconoclastic, revolutionary behavior that to a large extent is personified by postmodernism and proto-postmodernist movements, of which Hicks gives several examples not limited to the Frankfurt School, is in essence a reflection of the jewish spirit, and jews have been enormously influential in both shaping those movements and institutionalizing what have come to be postmodern concepts within western universities.
Grayson White
>Hicks
Jacob Harris
I did too, it's a good book. That other poster is jewish though, btw, and trying to muddy the discussion about his tribe. They always do this.
Dylan Jackson
im not jewish. im just taking your argument to its logical endpoint. the jews invented postmodern feminism, to what end? it seems that they have done so only to reduce the power they have over the media. is that part of the conspiracy too? what discussion am i muddying? are the jews so powerful they can just give up hollywood for shits and giggles?
Camden Sanders
Every single philosopher ever is a white hating jew, especially the Christian ones. They did their best to come up with retarded unplausable arguments in order to discredit Christianity and install nihilism. But Christianity itself was a Jewish plot to enslave the Romans (the only ones capable of helping whites gain world supremacy). The words on the cross, the first atheism, was the sure giveaway that Christ, the jew, wanted to destroy all Whites. That and creating wine in order to get Whites drunk and decadent, multiplying fish and bread to invent communism, criticizing the poor rich who only wanted to create jobs for their fellow Whites and so on. Also the turn the other cheek thing was meant to get Whites to surrender without a fight.
James Peterson
put me in the screencap
Eli Garcia
Are these posts yours? That's who I was referring to, so if that's you, and you don't understand why pretending to take positions you don't actually believe in just to derail a thread is acceptable behavior, perhaps I shouldn't be surprised that this information would go over your head.
Alexander White
what are you talking about. you want to push the idea that postmodernism is a jewish attack on western values, fine. im asking you what the plan is with this whole weinstein thing. feminism is the jews fault, yes? but now we got feminism going against the jews. is that part of their master plan?
Tyler Rodriguez
You don't even understand the basics of jewish behavior, so you why are you defiantly pretending you do here? Jews to not invent things, they subvert things and manipulate the social order so that it is bad for their host and good for them. The notion that you think the problem is some big plot only shows that you aren't thinking for yourself, but instead just repeating phrases like "conspiracy" that jews have framed for you so that you will continue to not think for yourself.
Zachary Cruz
>jews don't invent things are white people jews then for stealing math and physics from africa?
John Flores
Come again? If you are black that would actually go a long way in explaining why you've been whiffing so hard itt.
Gabriel Evans
Everyone ignore this poster.
Robert Cox
>this has to be bait How's your reading comprehension there buddy?
Nicholas Bailey
How the allegations coming from the feminist world is good for them?
Isaiah Howard
so is feminism jewish or not
Hudson Carter
Women outing jewish perverts and exposing the sickness of the jewish mind is not good for jews.
Jews promoted feminism more than any other group. But you aren't using logic here because the "feminist world" (what is that some kind of conspiracy?) is not what is exposing the aforementioned jewish perversion and sickness. Is the promotion of feminism coming back to bite jews? Seems like it, and I hope it continues.
Joseph Cooper
>are white people jews then for stealing math and physics from africa?
Brandon Kelly
Where the fuck do you even get this book? I wanted to read a hard copy but it's like $400. Is it really only available digitally?
Dominic Lopez
Appears so. I downloaded it.
Landon Robinson
Not a major Peterson guy but I agree with his general positions on this subject. Question: has Peterson actually written anything on postmodernism, or did most of his views on it come from, or do they generally mimic, those of Hicks as contained in this book?
Kayden James
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Jackson Richardson
Bump
Daniel Davis
bump
Jace James
so jews started feminism and now feminism took out the jews
Cooper Sanchez
Jews don't "start" things; jews don't "invent" things; jews don't do anything except behave parasitically. This is a human parasite, a biological disease, you understand that, right?
Easton Foster
jews invented judaism
unless... it was reptilians?
Joseph Campbell
Jews did not invent judaism; the principles of judaism were lifted from the Greeks. Jews don't invent things. All of the knowledge the jew has acquired existed in other cultures the jew parasited off of and destroyed. The jew is the destroyer of nations. It is not a thing. It is a sickness.
Robert Jenkins
that's interesting, because the greeks date back to 800 bc, while judaism has been around for over 3000 years. so the greeks had time travel... interesting theory.