Understanding the Dialectic (New Discourses)

The presenter in this video attempts to explain what dialectics means, but considers almost every contradiction as a dialectical relationship. This is the major problem with postmodernism. For any contradiction to be a dialectical phenomenon, the contradiction must be part of the natural evolutionary process of society, class contradiction, or struggle, for example. Contradictions among …

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How to Stop a Cultural Revolution | James Lindsay (New Discourses)

James talks about important issue – countering the “cultural” revolution – which dilutes political issues whether it comes from the right or the left, thereby making politics feeble and causing further confusion among the voter population about effectiveness of politics. He is not, however, approaching the issue correctly. The argument should be based on separating …

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