1. Why does reason even matter? 2. What’s important about the Enlightenment? 3. Kant’s “Copernican Revolution” — a counter-Enlightenment subjectivism? 4. Canada and the USA as importers of ideas from Europe? 5. Common themes in Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche? 6. Subjective passionism contra liberal democracy? 7. Which groups will dominate in the conflict? 8. Why are science and math now being attacked? 9. The marriage of Marxism/socialism and postmodernism? 10. The disaster decade for socialism? 11. Did socialism move the goalposts from prosperity to equality? 12. Is postmodernism a crisis of faith after the success of capitalism? 13. Is it the weaponization of language? 14. Why do promiscuous accusations of fascism, racism, sexism work? 15. How fight back–the role of the media? Q&A: What is the endgame for postmodernism globally? How fix higher education? Markets or political reform? Marketing for liberals/conservatives?
Thanks to CFSN‘s Troy Lanigan for initiating and organizing this vigorous discussion.
The book under discussion is Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault.
