{"id":6217,"date":"2023-04-27T17:06:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T17:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=6217"},"modified":"2023-01-01T17:08:07","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T17:08:07","slug":"looking-at-gad-saads-book-2020-the-parasitic-mind-part-3-of-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/?p=6217","title":{"rendered":"Looking at Gad Saad&#8217;s Book (2020) &#8220;The Parasitic Mind&#8221; (Part 3 of 17)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>0014 So far, in looking at chapter four of Saad&#8217;s book and using gender as the example, I re-articulate some of the author&#8217;s claims using the category-based nested form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Postmodern illiberal movements situate orthodox views about men and women<sub>2a<\/sub>&nbsp;with the concept that gender is a personal choice<sub>2b<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Slide05-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Slide05-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Slide05-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Slide05-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 05<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0015 Plus, postmodern illiberal movements<sub>3b<\/sub>&nbsp;exclude both traditional formulations<sub>3b<\/sub>&nbsp;and the disciplinary language of cognitive psychology<sub>3b<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>On what theoretical grounds<\/em>&nbsp;do they exclude?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0016 Well, if they have no theoretical grounds, then they would be intellectual terrorists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, if they do, then what would put the normal context of social construction<sub>3b<\/sub>&nbsp;into perspective<sub>3c<\/sub>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, the perspective must be a postmodern illumination<sub>3c<\/sub>, because the situation-level normal context<sub>3b<\/sub>&nbsp;displaces both science and reason.&nbsp;&nbsp;The situation tells me that gender is a personal choice<sub>2b<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;An third-level actuality<sub>2c<\/sub>&nbsp;must put that personal choice<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;into perspective.&nbsp;&nbsp;If the world<sub>2c<\/sub>&nbsp;is &#8220;naively innocent&#8221;, then that perspective empowers the situation-level actuality<sub>2b<\/sub>.&nbsp;&nbsp;If the world<sub>2c<\/sub>&nbsp;is &#8220;treacherously corrupt&#8221;, then that perspective explains why the situation-level actuality<sub>2b<\/sub>&nbsp;may never be realized (without&nbsp;<em>the assistance of a benevolent being with sovereign power<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0017 Here is a picture of&nbsp;<em>the dark side<\/em>&nbsp;of the postmodern illumination<sub>3c<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Slide06-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Slide06-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Slide06-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Slide06-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 06<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0018&nbsp;<em>The slogan of &#8220;toxic masculinity&#8221;<sub>2c<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;enters the picture as emerging from (and situating)&nbsp;<em>the potential that contextualizes the situation level<sub>1c<\/sub><\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;Men are oppressors.&nbsp;&nbsp;Women are oppessed.&nbsp;&nbsp;And, that is all there is to it.&nbsp;&nbsp;The actuality<sub>2c<\/sub>&nbsp;emanating from the potential of &#8216;the patriarchy&#8217;<sub>1c<\/sub>&nbsp;is an illumination of darkness<sub>3c<\/sub>, in the Manichaean sense of the term, &#8220;darkness&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, this perspective is&nbsp;<em>counter-intutitive<\/em>&nbsp;in the sense<em>&nbsp;<\/em>that is incomplete.&nbsp;&nbsp;The problem?&nbsp;&nbsp;The other half of the illumination goes unspoken.&nbsp;&nbsp;<em>An illumination<sub>3c<\/sub><\/em>&nbsp;<em>of light<\/em>, as opposed to darkness, remains unspoken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0019 Here is a picture of&nbsp;<em>the naively innocent<\/em>&nbsp;<em>side<\/em>&nbsp;of the postmodern illumination<sub>3c<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Slide07-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Slide07-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Slide07-1.png 600w, https:\/\/www.raziemah.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Slide07-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Figure 07<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>0020&nbsp;<em>Naive and innocent sovereign acts and decrees<\/em>&nbsp;have the potential<sub>1c<\/sub>&nbsp;of mitigating&nbsp;<em>the dominating and inflexible patriarchy<sub>1c<\/sub><\/em>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Of course, this requires sovereign power<sub>1c<\/sub>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>0021 What happens when &#8216;sovereign acts and decrees&#8217;<sub>1c<\/sub>&nbsp;counters &#8216;the patriarchy&#8217;<sub>1c<\/sub>?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Men are humbled<sub>2c<\/sub>&nbsp;and women are liberated<sub>2c<\/sub>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<em>the normal context of the 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