Ep 14: The Ascent of Woke with Yascha Mounk
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The Views of Chomsky and Foucault on Human Nature and Anarcho-Cynicalism
Progress and the clash of ideas: In a recent podcast, an interesting conversation between Chomsky and Foucault sparked a debate on the nature of power and progress. Chomsky found Foucault to be an amoral thinker with a different perspective on human nature. While Foucault questioned the certainty of a new system being less oppressive, postcolonial thinkers found solace in postmodernist ideas, as they sought to break free from Western ideologies and rule themselves. Thus, the clash between these intellectual giants provides a thought-provoking insight into the struggle for independence and the challenge of importing ideas.
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