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Jordan Peterson doesn't understand postmodernism

Jonas Čeika - CCK Philosophy

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In this video I use the terms "postmodernism" and "postmodern philosophy" to refer to late 20th century philosophies that reject the presuppositions of modern philosophy, universal meta-narratives, universal values, essentialism and the like, which includes philosophers such as Foucault, Derrida and Deleuze.

Here are the full Jordan Peterson clips I show in the video:

Jordan Peterson on Foucault, Derrida & Nietzsche: Video
Jordan Peterson on Milo, Free Speech & Postmodernism: Jordan Peterson on Milo, Free Speech & Pos...
Jordan Peterson - Foucault The Reprehensible & Derrida The Trickster: Jordan Peterson - Foucault The Reprehensib...
Dr. Jordan Peterson -- Beyond Marxism & Postmodernism: Dr. Jordan Peterson -- Beyond Marxism & Po...

I quoted Derrida from "Twentieth-Century Literary Theory: An Introductory Anthology”, page 56: https://books.google.no/books?id=HCyG...
and I quoted Foucault from “Discipline and Punish”, page 27: https://zulfahmed.files.wordpress.com...

Here's my analysis of Sonic Adventure 2, which involves a brief explanation of binary deconstructions:
Sonic Adventure 2 - A Postmodern Analysis

20 Comments

@pslanez 4 years ago

The fact people disagree on what post-modernism means is in itself the best example of post-modernism.

@HeckaLives 7 years ago

"Your iPhone wouldn't work without physics. Checkmate, Marxists." - Jordan Peterson

@TheSilentFool 8 years ago

Just a quick thing about Zizek:

In the clip where he's showing the portrait of Stalin in his house he's explaining that he doesn't keep it hung up there and that he just puts it up for guests as a means of being needlessly inflammatory.

@officialmasqq_594 5 years ago

The fact that Peterson can't cite certain thinkers without referring to them as "treacherous" or some other variation of the term tells you exactly what kind of public intellectual he is

@Passage2enBleu 8 years ago

The lesson we need to learn: Research what people say. I did that and found Derrida saying to me something very different to what Peterson was suggesting Derrida said.

@tjona001943 8 years ago

From the famous philosopher
"It doesn't matter who's wrong or right
Just beat it, beat it, beat it, beat it"
Michael Jackson

@korona3103 8 years ago

Peterson uses Marxism as a catch-all term to mean "resentful left wing people".

@Unidentified_Entity6 3 years ago

maybe the woke-transgender-post-modern-neo-marxism was the friends we made along the way

@stardustman420 8 years ago (edited)

Manray: This is Posmodernism.
Peterson: Yup
Manray : A philosophy that rejects historical materialism, class conflict, dialectical progression of history and a worker's revolution.
Peterson: Yep.
Manray : Things that marxism is known for.
Peterson : Makes sense to me.
Manray: So there you have it!
Peterson : Posmodernism is Marxism in disguise.
Manray : Sends him to gulag

@wordscontrolminds 8 years ago

So, turns out Peterson has even less grasp of postmodernism than those campus tutors he is always slating. Best critique of Peterson so far.

@anegrey 8 years ago

Yeah I always felt like Peterson wasn’t critiquing the actual postmodernists, but just like the soupy contradictory mix of ideas that the typical undergrad has trying to average out all the texts they are reading

@eblackbrook 5 years ago (edited)

What amazes me so much about Peterson is how he so often un-self-awarely engages in exactly what he criticizes in others. He very rightly criticizes "low-resolution thinking", but this is precisely what he engages in whenever he talks about marxism or post-modernism.

@5driedgrams 6 years ago

I disliked this video 2 years ago, now I know how wrong I was.

@muhammadyaseen2876 7 years ago

i think the essence of postmodernism is that no one knows what it is

@RandomLukeGuy 7 years ago

As a huge fan of Peterson, thank you for this video. I also feel that Peterson hasn’t read enough on Postmodernism and its history. I still believe deconstruction is incorrect, but I applaud you for writing a specific and professional critic. Also, I love how you specifically invited us Peterson fans, it shows that you actually care about truth an knowledge rather than just hating Peterson.

@Altropos 3 years ago

Hearing Jordan Peterson speak on these subjects is like submerging your head in a huge bowl of letter spaghetti.

@MCMLXXXIX 6 years ago

Shoulda seen my conservative friend’s face when I told him South Park is post modern.

@madvisualz7428 6 years ago

The first two minutes of this convinced me to watch the entire video.

Your "you should watch this even if you're in Petersons camp so you can hear from both sides" is something all of us should do. Thanks for sharing this video!

@karlmarx5078 8 years ago

The Stalin thing is a joke, Zizek thinks Stalin was an idiot. Just saying.

@ME-gs6yn 3 years ago (edited)

People often forget that JP is only educated in psychology. He isn’t a philosopher and he isn’t a political theorist. His understanding of both subjects is genuinely below the standard demanded by an undergraduate degree.