Abigail Favale doing a takedown of Judith Butler's latest book is an unexpected delight.
"Butler is unable to counter her opponents’ views effectively because she does not even try to represent them fairly. In the few moments when she descends from the shrink’s chair to perform the gestures of argumentation, she responds to arguments that no one is actually making. Most of the time, however, she is content to dismiss an opposing viewpoint as the manifestation of an irrational phobia."
From First Things: https://www.firstthings.com/article/2024/08/judith-butlers-sophistry
I like Lindsay's take on writings by Marxists such as Butler.
Who is Lindsay? The name doesn't ring a bell for me.
James Lindsay . . . He runs the New Discourses podcast on Youtube, Rumble and Odysee.
He also has a website newdiscourses.com
He has been authoring and co-authoring a few books lately.
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