The Limited Times

Now you can see non-English news...

Mathieu Bock-Côté: "When an opinion disguises itself as science"

2021-02-19T19:31:20.590Z


CHRONICLE - The CNRS wanted to disqualify Frédérique Vidal's proposal by explaining that the concept of Islamo-leftism was not scientific. This would apparently be enough to no longer have to talk about the reality it designates.


Frédérique Vidal dared to name what should not be named: the insane influence of Islamo-leftism on the university.

The term may seem awkward, and perhaps is, especially since it is limiting: Islamo-leftism is only one facet of what the young Quebec intellectual Philippe Lorange called "dogma". university ”which everywhere in the Western world distorts higher education, especially in the departments of social sciences, ideologized through and through.

Whoever hopes to make a career there must adhere to this dogma to find his place in the institution.

We could speak more broadly of the diverse orthodoxy.

In North America, there is more general concern about the “woke” hold on the university.

To read also:

Bret Weinstein: "As long as we do not face the left" woke ", we do not know how dangerous it is"

Unsurprisingly, the academic nomenklatura has turned against Frédérique Vidal, accusing her of using a concept forged by the "extreme right".

The maneuver is so agreed upon that it could make people laugh heartily.

Is there still a

This article is for subscribers only.

You have 80% left to discover.

Subscribe: 1 € the first month

Can be canceled at any time

I ENJOY IT

Already subscribed?

Log in

Source: lefigaro

All news articles on 2021-02-19

You may like

News/Politics 2024-03-15T16:35:49.784Z
Life/Entertain 2024-03-13T05:24:59.810Z

Trends 24h

Latest

© Communities 2019 - Privacy

The information on this site is from external sources that are not under our control.
The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.