Cultural studies
different from: Culture theory
different from: Cultural theory of risk
label: Estudos culturais @pt
label: Studi culturali @it
label: Kulturvetenskap @sv
label: دراسات ثقافية @ar
label: Kajian budaya @in
label: カルチュラル・スタディーズ @ja
label: Cultuurwetenschappen @nl
label: Kulturwissenschaft @de
label: 文化研究 @zh
label: Estudios culturales @es
label: Kulturoznawstwo @pl
label: Estudis culturals @ca
label: Kulturální studia @cs
label: Kulturaj sciencoj @eo
label: Études culturelles @fr
label: 문화연구 @ko
description: interdisciplinarny fachowy směr @hsb
description: akademisk felt @da
description: ακαδημαϊκό πεδίο της κριτικής θεωρίας και της λογοτεχνικής κριτικής @el
description: jurusan akademis mengenai teori kritis dan kritik sastra @in
description: 批評理論と文学批評の学問分野 @ja
description: akoranga @mi
description: jagad akadhemis ing téori kritis lan kritik sastra @jv
description: interdisziplinäre Fachrichtung @de
description: dziedzina nauk humanistycznych @pl
description: халыкларның мәдәниятен, аның рухи үсешен, халык тормышындагы ролен өйрәнә торган фән @tt
description: שדה מחקר אקדמי @iw
description: академическая область критической теории и литературной критики @ru
description: 문화의 실질적 및 상징적 측면을 연구하는 학제간 학문 분야 @ko
description: academic field of critical theory and literary criticism
description: champ académique @fr
description: akademiese veld van kritiese teorie en literêre kritiek @af
description: i̇ktidar, toplumsal normlar, davranışlar ve eserlerdeki değişimlere ilişkin akademik disiplin @tr
description: 科目 @zh
description: campo académico de la teoría crítica y la crítica literaria @es
description: branca degli studi sociali @it
subject: Category:Social sciences
subject: Category:Cultural studies
bot: InternetArchiveBot
date: 2019-05-10
date: October 2022
fix attempted: yes
text: In whose interest was it to go for a quick practical joke rather than taking part in the work which, sadly, it replaced?
text: Politically, I'm angered because most of this silliness is emanating from the self-proclaimed Left. We're witnessing here a profound historical volte-face. For most of the past two centuries, the Left has been identified with science and against obscurantism; we have believed that rational thought and the fearless analysis of objective reality are incisive tools for combating the mystifications promoted by the powerful – not to mention being desirable human ends in their own right. The recent turn of many "progressive" or "leftist" academic humanists and social scientists toward one or another form of epistemic relativism betrays this worthy heritage and undermines the already fragile prospects for progressive social critique. Theorizing about "the social construction of reality" won't help us find an effective treatment for AIDS or devise strategies for preventing global warming. Nor can we combat false ideas in history, sociology, economics and politics if we reject the notions of truth and falsity.
url: https://web.archive.org/web/20190510041017/https:/www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/history/research/projects/cccs/publications/index.aspx
hypernym: Field