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A list dedicated to sharing books critical of post-modernism, cultural studies,neo-Marxist and emergent forms of "fashionable nonsense.

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1		Breaking the Bias of English: How English Disempowers Women and How to Fix It in Only Six Words! by Vivian R. Probst (Goodreads Author) 4.41 avg rating — 78 ratings score: 1,100, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science by Alan Sokal 3.89 avg rating — 2,280 ratings score: 498, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		The Culture of Critique: An Evolutionary Analysis of Jewish Involvement in Twentieth-Century Intellectual and Political Movements by Kevin B. MacDonald 4.23 avg rating — 658 ratings score: 297, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Fools, Frauds and Firebrands: Thinkers of the New Left by Roger Scruton 4.05 avg rating — 1,455 ratings score: 293, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism And Socialism From Rousseau To Foucault by Stephen R.C. Hicks 3.88 avg rating — 1,961 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		The Dictionary of Fashionable Nonsense: A Guide for Edgy People by Ophelia Benson 3.72 avg rating — 29 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		Why People Believe Weird Things: Pseudoscience, Superstition, and Other Confusions of Our Time by Michael Shermer 3.86 avg rating — 10,016 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		The Devil's Pleasure Palace: The Cult of Critical Theory and the Subversion of the West by Michael Walsh (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 443 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution by Ayn Rand 3.90 avg rating — 518 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		The Killing of History: How Literary Critics and Social Theorists Are Murdering Our Past by Keith Windschuttle 3.96 avg rating — 239 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10		Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody by Helen Pluckrose 4.09 avg rating — 6,016 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12		Higher Superstition: The Academic Left and Its Quarrels with Science by Paul R. Gross 3.85 avg rating — 252 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13		Intellectual Impostures by Alan Sokal 3.89 avg rating — 2,280 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		Postmodern Pooh by Frederick Crews 3.77 avg rating — 249 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

14 books · 19 voters · list created January 14th, 2013 by Trg Gopi (votes) .

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Jul 14, 2021 12:07PM

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Since I've only read 2 of these, I voted for "Culture of Critique". it gives a comprehensive background of the ideas and forces behind not just "postmodernism" but also behind other related fields and activities of the leftist ideological spectrum.

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