![]() ![]() Namely, what he’s done is connect the rise and discourses of both jihadism and the alt-right to the alienation and lack of shared purpose endemic to hyper-consumerist societies like the United States of America and Saudi Arabia.” ![]() “Unlike Peterson’s dreck, Atran’s ethnographic research on terrorism has actually been used in real-world situations, and not just in thought experiments and podcasts. “Crucially, in all of these areas the IDW promotes narratives that naturalize or mythologize historically contingent power relations - between workers and bosses, between men and women, they are old school reactionaries.” Here are some quotes, for an idea of what to expect from the book: There’s a propaganda war happening online, and the left needs to get ahead of it. The book’s purpose is to equip leftists with the knowledge and rhetoric needed to refute right wing grifters like Jordan Peterson, Ben Shapiro, Dave Rubin, and Sam Harris, who seek only to reaffirm capitalist and social hierarchies. It’s a fun read, and it succinctly describes how ahistorical and absurd the “intellectual dark web” is. It discusses leftist tradition and debunks the white supremacist myth of “western civilization,” instead describing the divide between the imperialistic Global North and the oppressed Global South. ![]() It highlights the importance of learning and contextualizing history, as a response to a mythologized past pushed by the right wing. ![]()
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