Critical Theory, Etc: An interrogation
I want quite gently to interrogate a family of modern and postmodern ideas. They importantly include Critical Theory, Identity Politics, Positive Psychology and Positive Parenting. It should be borne in mind that to critique any of them is very far from condemning them. All these ideas have a long backstory and at least a little merit. Still, I do hope to de-fang them.
My premise is that modern ideas about liberation, kindness and fairness have erased history and facts, and have become engines of self-absorbed vulnerability and gullibility in adults and children alike. Read more...