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Steven Aoun deposited Better Angels of Our Nature: Steven Pinker’s Demon Moves on Humanities Commons 7 years ago
Is it worst to be killed by a crazed mob wielding machetes or to die via conveyor belt and filing system? The Better Angels of Our Nature keeps falling victim to the halo effect, creating an aura around reason itself. The question, then, is whether the book should be viewed as a jewel in reason’s crown or as among its costume jewellery.
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Steven Aoun deposited What Is ‘Critical’ About Critical Theory? in the group
Political Philosophy & Theory on Humanities Commons 7 years, 2 months agoThe idea of a critical theory has colonized the social consciousness of academia, and become an integral part of the pursuit of higher knowledge. Competing ideas have thereby become standard bearers in that critical theory acts as a measure of true understanding . The only problem, however, is that many of the distinct theories similarly answering…[Read more]
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Steven Aoun deposited What Is ‘Critical’ About Critical Theory? in the group
Philosophy on Humanities Commons 7 years, 2 months agoThe idea of a critical theory has colonized the social consciousness of academia, and become an integral part of the pursuit of higher knowledge. Competing ideas have thereby become standard bearers in that critical theory acts as a measure of true understanding . The only problem, however, is that many of the distinct theories similarly answering…[Read more]
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Steven Aoun deposited What Is ‘Critical’ About Critical Theory? in the group
Literary theory on Humanities Commons 7 years, 2 months agoThe idea of a critical theory has colonized the social consciousness of academia, and become an integral part of the pursuit of higher knowledge. Competing ideas have thereby become standard bearers in that critical theory acts as a measure of true understanding . The only problem, however, is that many of the distinct theories similarly answering…[Read more]
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Steven Aoun deposited What Is ‘Critical’ About Critical Theory? in the group
Frankfurt School Critical Theory on Humanities Commons 7 years, 2 months agoThe idea of a critical theory has colonized the social consciousness of academia, and become an integral part of the pursuit of higher knowledge. Competing ideas have thereby become standard bearers in that critical theory acts as a measure of true understanding . The only problem, however, is that many of the distinct theories similarly answering…[Read more]
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Steven Aoun deposited What Is ‘Critical’ About Critical Theory? in the group
Cultural Studies on Humanities Commons 7 years, 2 months agoThe idea of a critical theory has colonized the social consciousness of academia, and become an integral part of the pursuit of higher knowledge. Competing ideas have thereby become standard bearers in that critical theory acts as a measure of true understanding . The only problem, however, is that many of the distinct theories similarly answering…[Read more]
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Steven Aoun deposited What Is ‘Critical’ About Critical Theory? on Humanities Commons 7 years, 2 months ago
The idea of a critical theory has colonized the social consciousness of academia, and become an integral part of the pursuit of higher knowledge. Competing ideas have thereby become standard bearers in that critical theory acts as a measure of true understanding . The only problem, however, is that many of the distinct theories similarly answering…[Read more]
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