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You Are No Longer Human

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How Existentialism and Postmodernism Destroyed Pro-Human Policy

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Apr 26, 2024
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Postmodernism and Existentialism have eroded effective policy-making.

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The writings of Michel Foucault and his rejection of essentialism is a key example of this phenomenon. Foucault made his contention on human nature clear when he said: “If you say that a certain human nature exists, that this human nature has not been given the rights and possibilities…

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