Last year, I couldn’t quite understand why certain public intellectuals — Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson comes to mind — were so worried about postmodernism and its systematic dismantling of traditions, mythologies, and values.
“…the thing all human selves fundamentally wants is to get along and get ahead. Everyone has this in common. When we’re born, our brain looks to the environment to tell it who we ought to become in order to best fulfil this deep and primal need. What it’s looking for is the model of the ideal of self that exists in its cultural surroundings.”