I've been looking for a solid source of information on postmodernism and poststructuralism. I think I found it. Your treatment is objective and free of the typical distortions surrounding tutorials on postmodernism, including both a mindless devotion to it or an undue antagonism toward it. Honestly, when I found this video I felt a bit like Howard Carter first peering into the tomb of Tutankhamun and seeing everywhere the glint of gold.
Thanks for the lecture! Found your channel while searching for info on John Donne. Recently been diving into the English Metaphysical and Romantic poets. Also slowly conducting a survey of the more mainstream aspects of modern/postmodern thought after several years of investigating what I now know to be referred to as the 'western esoteric tradition'. Your generously sharing your work is greatly appreciated Dr. Masson ❤🔥
My mission is to preserve and hopefully extend knowledge of the Western great books. The universities have moved strongly away from this so TH-cam allows a work-around of sorts. Glad you have found it helpful!
Nietchze is proud of the fact that god is dead? Where is your proof of that. He is not saying it in a proud manner. This lecture became unlistenable after hearing this over simplistic comment.
This felt like a lecture and a sermon. Perhaps if it were strictly theology but the Christian views really limit or take away from the analysis/lecture. Also, way to put Christianity on a false pedestal. Christianity has never been a driver of humanity and in fact it has too much blood and oppression on its hands to say that it’s from Christianity that we get ideas of freedom, human rights, and sanctity of life. Tell that to the project of colonialism which was advanced by Christian missionaries. In fact it seems ignorant of Christianity’s global legacy. This seems on purpose.
In my view, you need to let go of The Age of Pisces, and look to Jung's vision of a new iteration of the Deity, as a chthonic Phallo-Logos. You cannot declare that Derrida is not a serious scholar because you have chosen to BELIEVE something like Christianity, according to a book that MAY have been corrupted through political machinations. That's just an act of faith, and is non-determining of general and other people's realities
You are welcome to your view. But I submit you need to read the evidence for Christianity a bit more carefully. The idea of Divine revelation is the opposite of anyone’s imaginative “iteration of the Deity”.
I thought the commentary at the end was very insightful. The observation that they are now have power in the Academy is true, although I'm not sure if left to its own devices it will self destruct. I wonder if they will be pushing for mandatory university attendance in the future to prop up their work, either directly or via free university level education.
In communist countries is not mandatory but state funded. They will demoralize until next Stalin will realise it no good for economy and get rid of them - sent them to USA haha
Your math is bad. Any finite number "divided by zero" is infinity, not zero again. More precisely this operation usually just isn't defined, but when you let a divisor approach zero, the ratio gets arbitrarily large the smaller the divisor gets. We just don't usually do arithmetic involving infinity (it took until Cantor for someone to seriously try that).
i make the case that post structuralism doesnt really exist. This is based on the fact that it seems torn between being perceived, on one hand as a continuation or evolution of it, and on the other hand a revolt against it; my theory is that in general it seems to be adopting or imitating the relationship between modernism and postmodernism in a way that seems very natural, but to be frank is NOT. Its nearly a joke on all us philosophers -suffice to say i just dont think structralism ( is big enough to saying it) includes POSTstructuralism, to wit its just structuralism or it aint, -it might be late, collapsing, structuralism or it might be postmodernism, but poststructuralism is really just a useless word that at best, refers to a group or individuals who meditate on or reference structuralism somewhat after the heydey of its inception..(sorry my apostrophe key is broke)..
@@LitProf Thanks for the response Dr. Mason . . someone is typing a response hahah : ) ... ( with all due resspectt, Dr, i want to keep it brief as i'm sure you are well predisposed; ) maybe a musing later :
As I mentioned before, exposure to true information does not matter anymore. A person who is demoralized is unable to assess true information. The facts tell him nothing, even if I shower him with information, with authentic proof, with documents and pictures. ...he will refuse to believe it... That's the tragedy of the situation of demoralization." -Yuri Bezmenov [1983
Indeed, the moral nature of the reader (and of the author) are almost wholly excluded from postmodern literary theory, as if texts were just information, and we were not persons but rather decoding devices with certain gaps in our programming. The depersonalization of human nature that is part and parcel of the human sciences' anthropology is one of the key problems here.
I wrote more but it seems community guideliness blocked me. Bezmenov said about left aim to demoralize and right wing pro russian conspiracy theorists will pop up, tell a lot of truth but they pretend conservatism, aim is to be anti israel. Just like left actually because they both antichristian. Beware.
Unbelievable. I listened through the whole lecture. This gentleman hasn’t grasped what structuralism or post structuralism is all about but fights it as if it derived directly from hell. Towards the end it gets completely ridiculous.
I've been looking for a solid source of information on postmodernism and poststructuralism. I think I found it. Your treatment is objective and free of the typical distortions surrounding tutorials on postmodernism, including both a mindless devotion to it or an undue antagonism toward it. Honestly, when I found this video I felt a bit like Howard Carter first peering into the tomb of Tutankhamun and seeing everywhere the glint of gold.
37:26 purpose of language is to reverse status quo
Thanks for the lecture! Found your channel while searching for info on John Donne. Recently been diving into the English Metaphysical and Romantic poets. Also slowly conducting a survey of the more mainstream aspects of modern/postmodern thought after several years of investigating what I now know to be referred to as the 'western esoteric tradition'. Your generously sharing your work is greatly appreciated Dr. Masson ❤🔥
My mission is to preserve and hopefully extend knowledge of the Western great books.
The universities have moved strongly away from this so TH-cam allows a work-around of sorts.
Glad you have found it helpful!
Nietchze is proud of the fact that god is dead? Where is your proof of that. He is not saying it in a proud manner. This lecture became unlistenable after hearing this over simplistic comment.
What is your proof to the contrary? Do you read German?
35:01
This felt like a lecture and a sermon. Perhaps if it were strictly theology but the Christian views really limit or take away from the analysis/lecture. Also, way to put Christianity on a false pedestal. Christianity has never been a driver of humanity and in fact it has too much blood and oppression on its hands to say that it’s from Christianity that we get ideas of freedom, human rights, and sanctity of life. Tell that to the project of colonialism which was advanced by Christian missionaries. In fact it seems ignorant of Christianity’s global legacy. This seems on purpose.
Thanks for your response. I don’t think the Cultural Marxists are people I need to take history lessons from.
Also your understanding of feminism, in this lecture at least, is very wrong.
I guess you must have an advanced degree in critical theory too.
Name one Christian missionary who advocated for colonialism. Just one.
In my view, you need to let go of The Age of Pisces, and look to Jung's vision of a new iteration of the Deity, as a chthonic Phallo-Logos. You cannot declare that Derrida is not a serious scholar because you have chosen to BELIEVE something like Christianity, according to a book that MAY have been corrupted through political machinations. That's just an act of faith, and is non-determining of general and other people's realities
You are welcome to your view. But I submit you need to read the evidence for Christianity a bit more carefully.
The idea of Divine revelation is the opposite of anyone’s imaginative “iteration of the Deity”.
I thought the commentary at the end was very insightful. The observation that they are now have power in the Academy is true, although I'm not sure if left to its own devices it will self destruct. I wonder if they will be pushing for mandatory university attendance in the future to prop up their work, either directly or via free university level education.
In communist countries is not mandatory but state funded. They will demoralize until next Stalin will realise it no good for economy and get rid of them - sent them to USA haha
Your math is bad. Any finite number "divided by zero" is infinity, not zero again. More precisely this operation usually just isn't defined, but when you let a divisor approach zero, the ratio gets arbitrarily large the smaller the divisor gets. We just don't usually do arithmetic involving infinity (it took until Cantor for someone to seriously try that).
Thanks
i make the case that post structuralism doesnt really exist. This is based on the fact that it seems torn between being perceived, on one hand as a continuation or evolution of it, and on the other hand a revolt against it; my theory is that in general it seems to be adopting or imitating the relationship between modernism and postmodernism in a way that seems very natural, but to be frank is NOT. Its nearly a joke on all us philosophers -suffice to say i just dont think structralism ( is big enough to saying it) includes POSTstructuralism, to wit its just structuralism or it aint, -it might be late, collapsing, structuralism or it might be postmodernism, but poststructuralism is really just a useless word that at best, refers to a group or individuals who meditate on or reference structuralism somewhat after the heydey of its inception..(sorry my apostrophe key is broke)..
Yes, I can see that point. But the early post structuralists are more interested in language than social engineering.
@@LitProf Thanks for the response Dr. Mason . . someone is typing a response hahah : ) ... ( with all due resspectt, Dr, i want to keep it brief as i'm sure you are well predisposed; ) maybe a musing later :
Your scholarly integrity is rare. Thank you for maintaining it.
10 divided by zero iz infinity.
Thanks
Oh damn so good
As I mentioned before, exposure to true information does not matter anymore. A person who is demoralized is unable to assess true information. The facts tell him nothing, even if I shower him with information, with authentic proof, with documents and pictures. ...he will refuse to believe it... That's the tragedy of the situation of demoralization."
-Yuri Bezmenov [1983
Indeed, the moral nature of the reader (and of the author) are almost wholly excluded from postmodern literary theory, as if texts were just information, and we were not persons but rather decoding devices with certain gaps in our programming.
The depersonalization of human nature that is part and parcel of the human sciences' anthropology is one of the key problems here.
I wrote more but it seems community guideliness blocked me. Bezmenov said about left aim to demoralize and right wing pro russian conspiracy theorists will pop up, tell a lot of truth but they pretend conservatism, aim is to be anti israel. Just like left actually because they both antichristian. Beware.
First of all, I wouldn’t quote a “journalist”, propagandist, spy and informer (all in one this Bezmenov). And second of all, this is not at all true
Unbelievable. I listened through the whole lecture. This gentleman hasn’t grasped what structuralism or post structuralism is all about but fights it as if it derived directly from hell. Towards the end it gets completely ridiculous.
Possibly.
Or perhaps you haven’t grasped what it is and are simply repeating what you have been told.