We’re used to talks being given by some invited luminary to a crowd who, at the end, gets to ask questions. At Portland State University, philosophy professor Peter Boghossian turned this structure on its head.
The term "dismantle" appears frequently in the Critical Social Justice literature, nearly always in the context of a declared immediate imperative to dismantle the systems of power, dominance, and oppression that allegedly plague our societies.
The same mechanism explains the triumph of the social justice gangsters over older and less adventurous purveyors of Theory. And they all have the industrious and well-meaning Jackie Derrida to thank for it.
We’re used to talks being given by some invited luminary to a crowd who, at the end, gets to ask questions. At Portland State University, philosophy professor Peter Boghossian turned this structure on its head.
The term "dismantle" appears frequently in the Critical Social Justice literature, nearly always in the context of a declared immediate imperative to dismantle the systems of power, dominance, and oppression that allegedly plague our societies.
The same mechanism explains the triumph of the social justice gangsters over older and less adventurous purveyors of Theory. And they all have the industrious and well-meaning Jackie Derrida to thank for it.
