"Cynical Theories" - James Lindsay & Helen Pluckrose Book Club (hosted by Samuel Hoadley-Brill) pt.6
Part 6 will cover:
— Chapter 9: Social Justice In Action
— Chapter 10: n Alternative To The Ideology
— The Cynical Theorists Behind Cynical Theories
by Samuel Hoadley-Brill(https://www.liberalcurrents.com/the-cynical-theorists-behind-cynical-theories/)
**NOTE**
If you want to participate vocally, join the Discord (https://discord.gg/mnEFBBW). If you want to participate in text please use the chat on this video.
**RULES**
Sam is running this book club. He will open things up for discussion and I will attempt to keep the focus of discussion on the section that he just went over in the book. If discussion goes too far off track or goes on too long, I will end it.
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James Lindsay and Helen Pluckrose, best known for their participation in the Grievance Studies affair, released a new book titled "Cynical Theories" at the end of August of this year. The book hopes to enlighten the laymen in regards to what they see as an issue with Postmodernism and Critical Theory and why they think it's destroying academia, particularly the humanities.
Samuel Hoadley-Brill is a PhD student in philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center specializing in moral, social, and political philosophy. Sam has recently taken issue with Lindsay and Pluckrose' claims both on social media and within the book. He's written a pretty scathing review of the book that got a fair amount of traction (link below).
Even before the review, we had planned to do this book club and I had asked Sam to run the club specifically because of his resistance to it. I anticipate most participants in this book club will be in more in agreement with James Lindsay and Helen Pluckrose so I thought having someone who has some expertise in the field and is
"Cynical Theories" - James Lindsay & Helen Pluckrose Book Club (hosted by Samuel Hoadley-Brill) pt.4
Part 4 will cover:
— Chapter 6: Feminisms and Gender Studies
— Chapter 7: Disability and Fat Studies
**NOTE**
If you want to participate vocally, join the Discord (https://discord.gg/mnEFBBW). If you want to participate in text please use the chat on this video.
**RULES**
Sam is running this book club. He will open things up for discussion and I will attempt to keep the focus of discussion on the section that he just went over in the book. If discussion goes too far off track or goes on too long, I will end it.
Other places to watch/listen
-------------------------------------------------
* Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/idwcleanroom
* YouTube: https://youtu.be/CzbmEdq6oKI
* Twitter/Periscope: https://www.twitter.com/IDWCleanRoom/
James Lindsay and Helen Pluckrose, best known for their participation in the Grievance Studies affair, released a new book titled "Cynical Theories" at the end of August of this year. The book hopes to enlighten the laymen in regards to what they see as an issue with Postmodernism and Critical Theory and why they think it's destroying academia, particularly the humanities.
Samuel Hoadley-Brill is a PhD student in philosophy at the CUNY Graduate Center specializing in moral, social, and political philosophy. Sam has recently taken issue with Lindsay and Pluckrose' claims both on social media and within the book. He's written a pretty scathing review of the book that got a fair amount of traction (link below).
Even before the review, we had planned to do this book club and I had asked Sam to run the club specifically because of his resistance to it. I anticipate most participants in this book club will be in more in agreement with James Lindsay and Helen Pluckrose so I thought having someone who has some expertise in the field and is resistant to it would be a better host to avoid the club being an echo chamber.
In this first episode, we will go over "Cynical Theory"s Introduction and first chapter entitled