The War on Philosophy

There’s war on philosophy – real philosophy, not technical philosophy – analytic philosophy. The philosophy of the technate – that’s allowed. It’s even encouraged. It’s spreading everywhere. There’s virtually nothing else taught in UK Philosophy Departments. But real philosophy isn’t wanted in the new age, the technocratic age.

They’ve all but declared European philosophy misinformation. Or disinformation. They’ve all but deemed us misinformers. Or dissinformers. Or malinformers. We won’t be allowed to go on.

 

What books we’ve be close to! What books on our bookshelves! Books that will no doubt be shadow-banned and memory-holed. Books that might has well never have existed. Whole oeuvres that will be banished from the archive. That will be seen to have committed thoughtcrimes. Will be thought to be complicit in real crimes. Suspected of antisocial thoughts. Of offending public safety. Thought safety. Evidence of domestic terrorism …