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Fear that postmodernism "infects" the humanities has always read as condescension to me: "this idea is too dangerous and 'normal' people won't be able to see th
by kilowatt 6y ago
Fear that postmodernism "infects" the humanities has always read as condescension to me: "this idea is too dangerous and 'normal' people won't be able to see the ways it will be abused, so we'd better reject it."
- dang 6y agoI think the criticism is more that it ate the humanities from within and replaced them with something less serious.