This is a really good example of the problems of Ayn Rand’s system of thought. She is literally incapable of actually understanding what her alleged opponents are arguing, and she always evaluates them through a combination of psychological examination and her own philosophical system, so she consistently thinks people who disagree with her are evil and furthermore she applies her own concepts to evaluate their arguments, so she frequently misunderstands their arguments.
Basically, read Lewis’s side first, and then read her notes and realize that nothing she is talking about really fits his argument, and Lewis actually makes some interesting points about science.
TL;DR: Ayn Rand sucks.
1st April 2013
Notes: 22
Gutfeld doesn’t mention Herbert Marcuse, but he talks a lot about “repressive tolerance,” a term Marcuse coined and popularized. The Frankfurt School Marxist argued that traditional—i.e., classically liberal—notions of tolerance were in fact oppressive because they helped perpetuate the sorts of societies Marcuse disliked (liberal, capitalist, democratic, free, decent, etc). And so, as Frankfurt School Marxists are known to do, he vomited up a bilious stew of nonsense that basically served as a secular fatwa: Leftwing groups are free to say whatever they want, but “rightwing” groups (defined as any outfit not loyal to leftwing groups) were to be treated as bigoted and offensive simply because they disagreed with leftwing groups. As Marcuse writes, “Liberating tolerance, then, would mean intolerance against movements from the Right and toleration of movements from the Left.”
Gutfeld doesn’t bother with Marcuse, because Marcuse is dead and was only considered really smart by the people who wanted an eggheaded excuse to be asinine hypocrites.
"Jonah Goldberg in his review of Greg Gutfeld’s new book, The Joy of Hate
1) I haven’t read Marcuse but I would a million dollars that’s a gross distortion of his idea. However, to Goldberg’s readers, MARXISM IS EVIL.
2) Jonah Goldberg is considered an intellectual heavyweight on the right. That should tell you everything you need to know.
3) The Joy of Hate - That should be the GOP’s new motto.
Provided below are the various Foucault texts — including the complete lectures at the College de France — accumulated over the past 2 1/2 months here made freely available to all seekers of knowledge:
Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison
The Birth of the Clinic: An Archaeology of Medical Perception
The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences
The History of Sexuality, Volume I: An Introduction
The History of Sexuality, Volume II: The Use of Pleasure
The History of Sexuality, Volume III: The Care of the Self
Psychiatric Power (Lectures at the College de France: 1973-1974)
Abnormal (Lectures at the College de France: 1974-1975)
Society Must Be Defended (Lectures at the College de France: 1975-1976)
Security, Territory, Population (Lectures at the College de France: 1977-1978)
The Birth of Biopolitics (Lectures at the College de France: 1978-1979)
The Hermeneutics of the Subject (Lectures at the College de France: 1981-1982)
The Government of Self and Others (Lectures at the College de France: 1982-1983)
The Courage of Truth (Lectures at the College de France: 1983-1984)
Foucault in an Age of Terror: Essays on Biopolitics and the Defence of Society
Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews and Other Writings
The Chomsky-Foucault Debate: On Human Nature
Politics, Philosophy, Culture — Interviews and Other Writings: 1977-1984
Jeeeeeez this blog is the best
Reblogged From deactiavtedhookedonsemiotics
- Gloria E. Anzaldúa
- Toni Morrison
- Cherríe Moraga
- Gish Jen
- bell hooks
- Sherman Alexie
- Frederick Douglass
- Lorna Dee Cervantes
- Langston Hughes
- Audre Lorde
- Zora Neale Hearston
- Nellie Wong
- Alex Espinoza
- Oscar Zeta-Acosta
- Alice Walker
- Merle Woo
- Pat Mora
- Luís Alberto Urrea
- Toni Cade Bambara
- Ana Castillo
- Chrystos
- Barbara Smith
- Beverly Smith
- Max Wolf Valerio
- Aurora Levins Morales
- Jimmy Santiago Baca
- Reinaldo Arenas
- Mitsuye Yamada
- Américo Paredes
- Amy Tan
- Julia Alvarez
- Sandra Cisneros
- Coco Fusco
- Guillermo Gómez-Peña
- Chimamanda Adichie
- Olaudah Equiano
- Siu Wai Anderson
- Anne Waters
- Trinh T. Minh-ha
- Paula Gunn Allen
- Joy Harjo
- Pat Parker
- Ekua Omosupe
- Gil Scott-Heron
- Kristal Brent Zook
These are only a few of the writers I can think of. A lot of these writers, especially the ones that write specifically about critical race theory, tend to reference other writers of color in their writings. Take note of those as well. Let their writings be a guide to finding other works by writers of color. Happy reading!
Filed under to read.
This was written by two of my professors, Evelyn Alsultany & Nadine Naber. You don’t happen to go to UMich, do you? And I agree, it’s awesome.
No I don’t; I literally found this in the library by accident one day and yelled in excitement. The bibliography alone is worth the price of the book; each of the articles is also amazing.
Wow, I just researched them. If I wanted to stay in academia, that would probably be in my top 5 schools to go to.
Isaac Asimov on Robert Heinlein (Found on the ridiculous Libertarianism page on RationalWiki)
This sums up libertarians pretty well.
A professor in one of my grad classes mentioned The Cheese and the Worms and the entire class groaned.
Seriously, whatever its historical merits may be, I fell asleep reading that book twice and it is the entire reason I avoid microhistory. That’s probably childish and foolish of me, but that is an accurate description of me.
They didn’t have A Thousand Plateaus. Or if they did, nobody could find it. I imagine some kid hid because he thought he was being a smart ass.
I got Butler’s Gender Trouble instead. It’s more relevant to my research and I do need to read it.
Also, when did high school kids start hanging out at bookstores? I mean, the mall is right there. I don’t need you walking by laughing at Philip K. Dick books and the gay and lesbian section.
