Frederick Alexander (@freddiealexander): "Glad to see @Melanie Phillips getting the attention she deserves. She's been a clear voice on these issues for years, despite being endlessly smeared by her opponents. She manages to encapsulate in this short clip the central malfunction of our time: that Western civilisation no…"

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Glad to see Melanie Phillips getting the attention she deserves. She's been a clear voice on these issues for years, despite being endlessly smeared by her opponents. She manages to encapsulate in this short clip the central malfunction of our time: that Western civilisation no longer defends its own values because it thinks defending them is itself a form of oppression.

Update: here’s my essay on exactly these themes – specifically, how postmodernism turned the West's immune system against itself.

Postmodernism: The Idea That Ate Itself

I suppose it must have been at the Tate Modern in London, at the start of this century. All I remember was looking at a urinal and thinking, “This is just a urinal”. But for my friend at the time, it was a “brilliant” work of art. We were very young, of course, both recent philosophy graduates keen to avoid anything like a serious job, preferring to booze at any opportunity, read difficult books and debate everything under the sun.

The Gadfly

Mar 24

6:15 AM

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Postmodernism: The Idea That Ate Itself

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