How critical theory is radicalizing high school debate

Re:How critical theory is radicalizing high school debate by LudwigNagasena on Sunday July 30, 2023 @12:38AM (#36927856)

You had no cultural studies departments? No people who do cultural analysis in the literature department? No one in the sociology department who works in the tradition of the conflict theory? No one in the geography department who does critical geography? No one in the anthropological departments who does critical anthropology? In the US? In the 21st century? Weird. Which university is that?

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:How critical theory is radicalizing high school debate by civilized on Sunday July 30, 2023 @07:25AM (#36930049)

Yeah, I think a lot of us looking at this must be wondering how we can be part of this university.

Even famously conservative universities like U. Chicago have plenty of this stuff going on.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:How critical theory is radicalizing high school debate by sangnoir on Sunday July 30, 2023 @11:39AM (#36932350)

Gee, I wonder why.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:How critical theory is radicalizing high school debate by sangnoir on Sunday July 30, 2023 @02:42PM (#36934538)

Could it be that the CRT is not inherently anti- (or even non-) conservative? Perhaps the term has been hijacked by conservative culture-warriors as a wedge issue for identity politics in a way that conservative academics disagree wirh? I'm just asking questions here.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:How critical theory is radicalizing high school debate by calf on Sunday July 30, 2023 @11:57AM (#36932569)

I'm sure we did but basically you're showing there is no critical theory bastion, they are a diffuse minority compared to most actual departments.

And that tracks with my personal campus experiences, as well as the historical account of critical theory itself.

[ Parent | on HN ]