Aesthetic Materialism

  UNITS Human Nature Postmodernists deny nature, almost a ban on using the word "nature" Kojeve Extreme: Rorty denies truth People assume that if you believe in human nature, you must be right wing. That's wrong. Don't cede nature to the right  Especially now, when the environmental movement is so important Doesn't make sense It makes it look like you're scared, like you don't want to deal with facts I'm not afraid of the concept of nature because I think left wing politics is perfectly compatible with nature In fact, Karl Marx believed in human nature, as did Bakunin and Noam Chomsky. On the other hand, "Natural Law" theorists are also wrong Generally using a faulty concept of nature to justify their own prejudices and their own political and ideological agendas Human nature is not fixed; Nature is not eternal ...