The postmodern emphasis on language derives from the evolution of hi-tech liberal capitalist societies.


The postmodern emphasis on language derives from the evolution of hi-tech liberal capitalist societies.

Did “Theory” make people skeptical of science, as Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay claim? Jean-François Lyotard’s account of the decline of metanarratives offers another view.

James Lindsay and Helen Pluckrose characterize Theory as a “virus” attacking the liberal body politic.