I have for years wanted to understand and explain the soft-left liberal mindset which has become increasingly bossy and dominant since the 1960s. I didn’t enjoy it 60 years ago, when it was the domain of various Hampstead journalists I met as a young man. I like it a lot… Read more...
I am posting three MS Word documents and identical PDF versions which gently but firmly interrogate Critical Theory and some allied ideas. These all have long back-stories and some merit if viewed with decent scepticism. The 21st Century has allowed them to grow like Topsy-Turvy and to an unchallenged prominence… Read more...
I want quite gently to interrogate a basket of modern and postmodern ideas. They importantly include Critical Theory (CT) and its subsets Colonial Theory (CTCT) and Post-colonial Theory (CTCT&PCT). Identity Politics is a rather peculiar hybrid ally of Critical Theory (CT) . Positive Psychology and Positive Parenting have tended to… Read more...