52 | Mike Davis: Historical Materialism and Militant Theory
What's Left of Philosophy
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Is There Discourse Reductionism?
"How can we never nobody that's all discourse oriented ever has to fend off accusations of being a discourse reductionist like how did that never happen?" "I think it creeps on it yeah they're kidding because we just have you heard of difurance so there you goYeah that's a ton of time we used to just call that idealism well see that's the thing," he says. The people who insist on not being class reducers are usually the most reductive thinkers about the issue, writes David Frum. 'You can justify a reduction and I do think people need to get a grip on this normative valence'
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