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Age of Narratives and the Postmodern Democratic Political Regime
On this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, your host James Lindsay explores the concept of political regimes through American history. From Washington, to Lincoln, to Roosevelt, right up through …
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
How the Woke Virus Infects Academia and Our Covid-19 Response
Critical Social Justice operates like a virus. I’ve said it about them; they say it about themselves; we’re all in agreement. It infects liberal institutions and liberal-minded people (philosophicall…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
Why Professors Fear to Livestream Critical Social Justice Classes
James lindsay takes a few minutes to dig deeply into the mindset of Critical Social Justice to explain exactly why its proponents are so reluctant to be seen applying their work in administrative and…
Published on 5 years, 4 months ago
Coronavirus Life: Will Things Be the Same Again?
“Life will never be the same again.” We hear this over and over again with regard to the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic is having on us, even though we’re only weeks into the pandemic. Is that tru…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
The Way Forward | Peter Boghossian
New Discourses convened in October of 2019 in the National Liberal Club of London for a day-long conference titled Speaking Truth to Social Justice. There, Portland State University philosophy profes…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
The Truth About Critical Methods | James Lindsay
Dr. James Lindsay in his talk, “The Truth About Critical Methods,” makes very clear that Critical Social Justice is not the same thing as social justice. He argues that the branding of social justice…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
James Lindsay Discovers Decolonizing Graphic Design
In February, I discovered an article on Twitter about “decolonizing graphic design,” published in the summer of last year. These sorts of articles are incredibly useful for showing exactly what’s goi…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
Satire in the Digital Age | Andrew Doyle
In October of 2019, a small group of genuinely liberal-minded people gathered together for a day of speeches, panels, and community in the Gladstone Library in the National Liberal Club of London. Th…
Published on 5 years, 5 months ago
The Cost of Speaking Up for Your Beliefs | Peter Boghossian
Peter speaks with Conor about if there's anything he believes but doesn't say because people will think he's a bad person. Then the conversation shifts into whether or not we should stand up for what…
Published on 5 years, 6 months ago