Following a recent essay discussing the worldview of postmodern liberalism, I received a response, as follows: Your essay would have value if there were absolutes. Never have been, never will be … We decide what is good and what is evil, and in every case we are right and wrong at one and the same…
Category: Postmodernism
The philosophy of postmodernism an its manifestations in modern society
The Evisceration of Language
There is no swifter route to the corruption of thought than through the corruption of language — George Orwell — When one surveys our contemporary culture, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that we are undergoing an evisceration of language. We humans can communicate by many means – by touch, by expressions, by giving — even…
Revolution of the Soul
Recently, through the lens of my profession, I have been given a rather stark and disturbing vision of our current cultural revolution. It is, it seems, a revolution every bit as pervasive and transformational — and destructive — as China’s Cultural Revolution of the 60s — and indeed may be but a different manifestation of…
The Worship of Knowledge
It takes only a brief review of conservative web sites, print media, and pundit blogs to be impressed by their deep frustration in dealing with progressives. Not merely the disagreement with their beliefs and priorities, mind you — that is a given — but rather with their peculiar unresponsiveness to arguments of reason and logic….