Rex Kerr
Nov 9, 2022

No, I don't think so, because to my eye the core of the Critical Theory agenda is to leave oneself and one's value inseparable from one's ideas, making anything but agreement and affirmation emotionally untenable, and to discard the carefully-crafted principles from philosophy and the Enlightenment that might force one to face reality after all.

Epistemology is hard enough, practical epistemology is harder yet, and the Critical Theorists flunked the first badly and the second worse (while fooling themselves, it seems, with their admirable sentiments and lofty language).

I further discuss the flaws of Critical Theory (and CRT), inasmuch as I've been able to discern them, here: https://medium.com/@ichoran/beyond-critical-race-theory-a9efe732444

Rex Kerr
Rex Kerr

Written by Rex Kerr

One who rejoices when everything is made as simple as possible, but no simpler. Sayer of things that may be wrong, but not so bad that they're not even wrong.

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