
Postmodern Conservatism: Reactionary Politics in Late Capitalism
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Post Modern Conservatism - A Bird's Eye View
Post modern conservatives engage in a dismissal of rational standards for interpreting facts and interpreting values. The second feature that i talk about is post modern conservatives appeal to a traditionally powerful identity as the source of truth. This in turn leads to them developing narratives of victimization and resentment, in turn leading to a demand for a return of traditional social hierarchies. They are hyperalurgic to the d stabilization produced in post modern culture. And so they become very attached to trying to find some kind of identity a sufficiently powerful to withstand the kind of corrosive effects of postmodern culture.
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