Andreas Hardhaug Olsen on Critical Theory, False Consciousness and the Frankfurt School

Andreas Hardhaug Olsen is a writer, visiting The Cave to talk about the connection between Social Justice activism and «Critical Theory», an intellectual product of The Frankfurt School. He sits down with Tuv to discuss what happens to culture when «objectivity» is deemed an oppressive tool, and dissent is fiercely attacked - or at best dismissed as «false consciousness». «Wokeness» being a major threat to «creative freedom», knowledge of its principles and origin is fundamental to survival. Olsen also delves into the thinkers who originated this mentality, and how it is being employed. Hardhaug Olsen's Reading list: * Herbert Marcuse, Repressive Tolerance: https://www.marcuse.org/herbert/publications/1960s/1965-repressive-tolerance-fulltext.html * Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimenstional Man: https://www.akademika.no/one-dimensional-man/marcuse-herbert/9780415289771 * Georg Lukács, History and Class Consciousness: https://www.bokkilden.no/sosial-og-kulturhistorie/history-and-class-consciousness-georg-lukacs/produkt.do?produktId=2250341 * Martin Jay, The Dialectical Imagination: https://www.bokklubben.no/moderne-filosofi-etter-1800/the-dialectical-imagination-martin-jay/produkt.do?produktId=424096 * Thomas Sowell, The Quest for Cosmic Justice: https://www.adlibris.com/no/bok/the-quest-for-cosmic-justice-9780684864631 * F. A. Hayek, The Mirage of Social Justice: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/L/bo5970048.html * Helen Pluckrose & James Lindsay, Cynical Theories: https://www.tanum.no/_cynical-theories-helen-pluckrose-james-lindsay-9781800750043 The conversation was produced by Bork S. Nerdrum, with assistance from Sebastian Salvo. The centerpiece was a reproduction of Thomas Cole's painting "The Course of Empire - Destruction". SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Dean Anthony Fergus Ryan Anders Berge Christensen Stacey Evangelista Alastair Blain Shaun Roberts Michael Irish Sofia Xiang Peter Asinger Herman Borge Jack Entz Warner Tonelise Rugaas Yngve Hellan Would you like to get previews, bonus material and other benefits? Become a patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn Check out our other channels: https://www.youtube.com/c/SchoolofApelles https://www.youtube.com/c/CultureWarsNow Podcast available on SoundCloud, iTunes, and Spotify: https://soundcloud.com/caveofapelles https://spoti.fi/2AVDkcT https://apple.co/2QAcXD6 Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles Make sure to subscribe to our channel over at BitChute: https://www.bitchute.com/channel/caveofapelles/ For inquiries — talk@caveofapelles.com