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False Liberation and the Frankfurt School

"The Frankfurt School and its breakthroughs in sociology and within Critical Theory were incredibly impactful. With the help of these six individuals and their

Cultural Marxism's Origins: How the Disciples of an Obscure Italian Linguist Subverted America

Today - April 27th - marks the 85th anniversary of the death of the early-20th-century Italian Marxist politician and linguist Antonio Gramsci. Gramsci’s divergence

[vlog] I might be richer than Elon Musk (Reading Bakunin alone in nature) // Dandelion Seeds #3

Some thoughts about religion, money, and government from my reading of Russian Anarchist thinker Mikhail Bakunin. Listen if you enjoy philosophy, political theory,

Principles and Values for Writing - The Basics

I wrote these because of the crippling anxiety I've been feeling the past couple of years when it comes to creatively expressing myself. Why? Because social justice

Horkheimer and Adorno

Horkheimer and Adorno fled Hitler only to hit the mass market commodification tyranny of 50s America. In the 80s children scratched their head how Hitler could be

Critical Theory ; Backlash Against "Woke"

Through critical theory (a social theory focusing on critiquing and changing society), Horkheimer "attempted to revitalize radical social, and cultural

Postcolonial Studies: Racism in Conrad's Heart of Darkness and Achebe's "An Image of Africa"

In his 1977 article called “An Image of Africa,” Chinua Achebe, who is a scholar of African literature, addresses the Western assumption that the West embodies the

Relational Aesthetics

AH 306: Contemporary Issues in Art Fall 2009 Christina Schmid Zack Goulet Reading Response/Summary: Relational Aesthetics Relational Aesthetics is a new form of

Okay, I just watched this Youtube video.

I thought it was very thought provoking, albeit a bit scary. What do you think? Should we be concerned about this new coming of critical theory, and cultural marxism?

Decentralized Taxation: Fixing a broken world

This article will touch on past & present Globalization in order to justify a future without Corporate control, and how it can be achieved through Decentralized