Comfy philosophy thread
Hello, friends. Can't sleep or just want to talk about stuff? Get in here and bring your Stoics, your Cynics, your Locke and Hobbes: It's philosophy time. Let's get talking about stuff or just hang out and be comfy.
Today's topic: Critical Theory and the Frankfurt School
Hate it or love it, the Frankfurt School has caused headaches and problems for conservatives and academics the world over. But what really is at the core of their argument? Famous for promoting Critical Theory, which essentially questions the implementation of scientific rationality and reason as determiners of ethics and morality, the school has been criticized for promoting cultural Marxism and the decline of Western civilization. Why are the German Hebrews wrong, /pol/? Let's get on with it.
Recommended reading:
> Karl Marx - Das Kapital> The Dialectical Imagination - Martin Jay > Minima Moralia: Reflections from Damaged Life - Theodor W. Adorno> The Devil's Pleasure Palace: The Cult of Critical Theory - Michael WalshThread music: Outrun and nostalgic synthwave.
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