1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 On this episode of the Argument Ninja podcast I offer a perspective on Jordan Peterson's criticism of left-wing ideology (what he calls &quot;cultural Marxism&quot;) by sharing some of my intellectual history with feminism, Marxism and postmodernism. The broader theme of this episode is how to critically engage with ideas without&amp;nbsp;being sucked into the tribal psychology of ideological conflict.&amp;nbsp; Show notes and links: https://kevindelaplante.com/026-jordan-peterson Support the podcast on Patreon: https://patreon.com/kevindelaplante In This Episode: (0:00 - 3:10) Introductory remarks (3:10 - 6:10) Introduction to Jordan Peterson (6:10 - 7:15) Email from Daniel: a question about JP and &quot;cultural Marxism&quot; (7:15 - &amp;nbsp;8:00) Feminism's branding problem (8:00 - 10:30) My philosophy mini-course in middle school (10:30 - 17:35) The value of separating the descriptive components from the normative components of feminism (17:35 - 19:00) Distinction: describing patterns of discrimination vs explaining those patterns (19:00 - 20:11) Why this way of defining feminism leaves lots of room for disagreement (20:11 - 20:45) My agnosticism about explanations for the root causes of discrimination (and social change in general) (20:45 -&amp;nbsp; 23:48) Feminism and theories of social change: the problem of how to get from here to there (23:48 - 24:58) Help support the podcast! (25:00 -&amp;nbsp; 31:00) Introduction to Marxism: what you can learn from Marx without committing to socialism or communism (31:00 - 42:35) A thought experiment to illustrate a Marxist approach to social change: social idealism vs social materialism in explanations of slavery (42:35 - 50:00) Jordan Peterson (via Stephen Hicks) on cultural Marxism and postmodernism (50:00 - 51:45) Conspiracy theories and peer review (51:45 - 53:52) &quot;Traditional philosophical inquiry&quot; vs postmodernism (53:52 - 1:03:15)&amp;nbsp; A legendary graduate seminar: &quot;Essence and Construction&quot;. Philosophy vs Theory and Criticism as a clash of intellectual cultures (1:03:15 - 1:06:38) Breaking through: learning to communicate across an ideological divide (1:06:38 - 1:07:55) Empathy as a tool of understanding (1:07:55 - 1:10:11) Being socialized into a tribal view of intellectual identity and ideological conflict (1:10:11 - 1:12:19) Criticizing Jordan Peterson is easy when every side has their champion and everyone else is a charlatan (1:12:19 - 1:14:15) &quot;Once you start playing this game, you will be a creature of the game from that point forward&quot; (1:14:15 - 1:15:30) The WarGames option: &quot;the only way to win is not to play&quot;. What it means to take the side of people &amp;nbsp; The Argument Ninja Podcast https://kevindelaplante.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/6411391/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/2e2e2e/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/item/6411391