Jennifer Burns

Yeah, it seems like communism is more animated by this idea of injustice. You know, the world is unjust. It should be different. And fascism seems like the process of scapegoating, right? We've identified the source of the problem and it's this group and they need to be punished for what they've done to the rest of us.

Yeah, it seems like communism is more animated by this idea of injustice. You know, the world is unjust. It should be different. And fascism seems like the process of scapegoating, right? We've identified the source of the problem and it's this group and they need to be punished for what they've done to the rest of us.

Yeah, it seems like communism is more animated by this idea of injustice. You know, the world is unjust. It should be different. And fascism seems like the process of scapegoating, right? We've identified the source of the problem and it's this group and they need to be punished for what they've done to the rest of us.

Yeah, I mean, I think in the broadest sense, what I'm interested in, kind of two dimensions that guide me in doing intellectual history. One is what I talked about, like how does an idea go from a book, an elite space, out to more popular dimensions. Like how does that happen? What happens to the idea along the way? How is it distorted or changed?

Yeah, I mean, I think in the broadest sense, what I'm interested in, kind of two dimensions that guide me in doing intellectual history. One is what I talked about, like how does an idea go from a book, an elite space, out to more popular dimensions. Like how does that happen? What happens to the idea along the way? How is it distorted or changed?

Yeah, I mean, I think in the broadest sense, what I'm interested in, kind of two dimensions that guide me in doing intellectual history. One is what I talked about, like how does an idea go from a book, an elite space, out to more popular dimensions. Like how does that happen? What happens to the idea along the way? How is it distorted or changed?

And the other is just search for meaning in a post-Christian era or a secular era. Like what are people coming up with? And I think to replace that void in their religious or spiritual lives, I think both Rand and Friedman offered these sort of alternatives, right? Objectivism, quasi-rationalist religion,

And the other is just search for meaning in a post-Christian era or a secular era. Like what are people coming up with? And I think to replace that void in their religious or spiritual lives, I think both Rand and Friedman offered these sort of alternatives, right? Objectivism, quasi-rationalist religion,

And the other is just search for meaning in a post-Christian era or a secular era. Like what are people coming up with? And I think to replace that void in their religious or spiritual lives, I think both Rand and Friedman offered these sort of alternatives, right? Objectivism, quasi-rationalist religion,

People take economics as a theory of the world that almost, you can almost believe in it, right? It can almost take that place. And in both cases, how do those ideas travel? When I think about postmodernism, you know, it first struck me If you read the original postmodern thinkers, it's really tough going. I mean, I make my students do it and they suffer.

People take economics as a theory of the world that almost, you can almost believe in it, right? It can almost take that place. And in both cases, how do those ideas travel? When I think about postmodernism, you know, it first struck me If you read the original postmodern thinkers, it's really tough going. I mean, I make my students do it and they suffer.

People take economics as a theory of the world that almost, you can almost believe in it, right? It can almost take that place. And in both cases, how do those ideas travel? When I think about postmodernism, you know, it first struck me If you read the original postmodern thinkers, it's really tough going. I mean, I make my students do it and they suffer.

I think they see it's worthwhile, but it's no fun to read Derrida. But somehow it's trickled down into how do we go from like Derrida to Tumblr? And I sort of realized like, oh, this has happened with postmodernism. It's followed the same path. you know, that say from Milton Friedman's economic theory to, you know, free to choose on YouTube.

I think they see it's worthwhile, but it's no fun to read Derrida. But somehow it's trickled down into how do we go from like Derrida to Tumblr? And I sort of realized like, oh, this has happened with postmodernism. It's followed the same path. you know, that say from Milton Friedman's economic theory to, you know, free to choose on YouTube.

I think they see it's worthwhile, but it's no fun to read Derrida. But somehow it's trickled down into how do we go from like Derrida to Tumblr? And I sort of realized like, oh, this has happened with postmodernism. It's followed the same path. you know, that say from Milton Friedman's economic theory to, you know, free to choose on YouTube.

We've had a similar path of, you know, high French theory down to Tumblr. And, you know, I, you know, sexually identify as an attack helicopter or whatever it may be, you know? And so that was really interesting. And then I also thought, you know, well, at the same time, this is clearly a structure of meaning.

We've had a similar path of, you know, high French theory down to Tumblr. And, you know, I, you know, sexually identify as an attack helicopter or whatever it may be, you know? And so that was really interesting. And then I also thought, you know, well, at the same time, this is clearly a structure of meaning.

We've had a similar path of, you know, high French theory down to Tumblr. And, you know, I, you know, sexually identify as an attack helicopter or whatever it may be, you know? And so that was really interesting. And then I also thought, you know, well, at the same time, this is clearly a structure of meaning.

And I actually think it's followed the same path of objectivism, which is turning into its opposite. like distilled down and then turning into its opposite. So if objectivism was a group of people who considered themselves individualists who ended up deeply conforming to the dictates of a charismatic leader, you know, postmodernism started about disrupting binaries.

And I actually think it's followed the same path of objectivism, which is turning into its opposite. like distilled down and then turning into its opposite. So if objectivism was a group of people who considered themselves individualists who ended up deeply conforming to the dictates of a charismatic leader, you know, postmodernism started about disrupting binaries.