Guest Author - @Excavator on Critical Theory (shared from the Rubin Report Community)
I'm waiting for the energy to make a #CRT hashtag list here so I can refer people to a single link of curated material - this post will fit right in.
I imagine it can be used much like my Youtube playlist called "The Era of grievance studies and related fallout"
July 11, 2021 @ excavator wrote -
"Have you ever noticed how in modern media much of the conversation tends to revolve around race, oppression and power structures?
If you are music or film fan you may have noticed a strange sort of language and ironic, snarky tone which much of the criticism takes on. It seems not a single discussion can take place without bringing up the race or gender of the artists with the assumption that these are only relevant issues.
If you have noticed these things, you have sensed the undertones of what is known as critical theory.
This is essentially a world view, which sees any creative work, not for its inherent beauty, moral wisdom or technical skill, but through the lens of power and oppression.
It is now the predominant worldview across learning institutions, and the media.
I began to notice this in university while taking history and literature classes. While one might expect the professors and students to share an interest in studying different cultures, mythology and the practical lessons which can be gained from doing so, this was not the case.
It seemed they were preoccupied in using the pretense of being interested in these things as a cover for a desire to use critical theory as a battering ram to attack any aspects of western society, and it’s creative works under the claims of it being a “systemically racist, cis-heteronormative patriarchal tyranny”.
This is accompanied by a predictable nihilistic moral relativism. When we smash down the underpinnings our culture which has been shown to “work” in the harsh conditions which humanity evolved from, we are essentially negating the idea that one thing can be better than the next.
This is devastating to one’s orientation in the world and seems to manifest in the sort of personality seen in many young people today, which shows, a tendency to cave to social pressure, an inability to handle contrasting opinions and a lack of moral integrity.
The effects of this has been a large scale removal of meaning from society and is probably responsible for the division and violence which we have seen in the streets.
The greater problem is that this worldview blocks the ability to mine the creative productions of the past for their immense value. Gone are the discussions on universal moral truth or archetypes discussed by Jung and Joseph Campbell in favor of constant discussions on grievance.
This is why the thinkers like Jordan Peterson are so important because they offer a return to the process of engaging with the best our culture has to offer. Returning to this sort of world view which honors comparative mythology, and a genuine respect for the creation works produced by the safest and most effective civilizations through history is essential at this point."
https://excavator.locals.com/post/842140/have-you-ever-noticed-how-in-modern-media-much-of-the-conversation-tends-to-revolve-around-race-opp