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Filipe Avila

Filipe Avila

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From Historicizing with a Bulldozer by Tisias

…purpose of categorization, the purpose of society is to marginalize, and that’s absolutely absurd.” Though neither of these “claims” is true to the French thinkers, the term “power” is associated with Foucault, and “margins” with Derrida. In Peterson’s “Biblical Series III” lecture, he misattributes Camus’ “One must imagine Sisyphus happy” to Nietzsche, and alters this statement’s commonly understood meaning. This carelessness, needless to say, does not bode well for Peterson’s authority on these matters.

From Historicizing with a Bulldozer by Tisias

…lly consumes his thinkers whole to prevent these sorts of situations that require nuanced thinking. “Philosophizing with a hammer”: this is Peterson’s favorite Nietzschean expression. Historicizing with a bu…lly consumes his thinkers whole to prevent these sorts of situations that require nuanced thinking. “Philosophizing with a hammer”: this is Peterson’s favorite Nietzschean expression. Historicizing with a bulldozer: this is Peterson’s actual method.