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       Engulfed by Politics?
       By: FZM Date: May 4, 2021, 4:06 pm
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       I was thinking about the old Classical Theism forum earlier...
       I feel like, not so long after the old forum disappeared (this
       may be just my memory misleading me), politics 'caught fire' and
       started consuming more of my attention and reading time. Rather
       than discussing A/T metaphysics, it became all about A/T and
       other brands of political philosophy. I haven't read that much
       philosophy or theology apart from that in the intervening time.
       Since Wokeness took over in the Anglo-sphere the general
       cultural/philosophical environment seems to have changed a lot;
       debating with atheists and sceptics on metaphysics and more
       religious topics has fallen away, things have gone in a
       completely different direction.
       Now I know a lot more about White Supremacy and White Fragility,
       about Integralism, CRT, epistemic violence, Foucault, Gramsci,
       De Maistre, Julius Evola... Hegel and the 'Young Marx'.
       Has anyone else had a similar experience?
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       Re: Engulfed by Politics?
       By: RomanJoe Date: May 10, 2021, 10:26 pm
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       Yes, I haven't read a book on metaphysics in like a year. I
       actually haven't read a lot this past year save for some dark
       fantasy. I think the current outrage culture is geared more
       towards political extremists than religious fundamentalists.
       Early 2000s to early teens dealt with the emergence of the new
       atheist movement, and a mass awareness that religion is at odds
       with the exponentially moving progressive ethos--redefining
       marriage, radical feminism, etc. Social issues vs the religious
       conservative had a philosophical backdrop of feuding ideas. One
       of these feuds was metaphysical in nature, atheism vs theism.
       But the two bitter philosophical stags of theism and atheism
       have waned, and the prevailing cultural dialogue is now purely
       political which in itself has its own creeds, dogmatists,
       orthodoxy, etc.
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       Re: Engulfed by Politics?
       By: Ouros Date: May 15, 2021, 4:37 pm
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       Dunno about the Anglo-sphere, it may be a cultural thing. On the
       old continent, there's still lot of religious talk, not qua
       metaphysical system ofc. It's more because of the questions
       about how to manage immigration from Middle-East countries and
       islamic terrorism.
       "Wokeness" is a more and more prevalent thing still.
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