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Turning Critical Theory on Its Head

JL;DR SUMMARY The article critiques the modern application of critical theory in academia, particularly within the humanities and social sciences, for its failure to address Jewish oppression and antisemitism. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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ZionismJewish OppressionUniversitiesCritical TheoryPower DynamicsHumanitiesSocial SciencesSystemic InequalityIntellectual Failure

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"Columbia historian Rashid Khalidi took a megaphone to his lips to proclaim it."
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
"we could have introduced undergraduates to their forebears at the University of Alabama"
Chicago, Illinois, United States
"Opinion pieces in Jacobin, The Guardian, and Chicago Tribune invoked it."
Iran
"Ayatollah Ali Khamenei posted it on X."
San Diego, California, United States
"Consider the letter of gratitude and solidarity that faculty at UC San Diego presented to student protesters."
Pakistan
"controlling the government. There is a common thread: the illegitimacy of Jewish equality. An illegitimacy so dangerous to the natural order that its repugnant. The theme persists into the secular-not-secular Christian and Islamic worlds of our own day."

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