RUTHLESS
CRITICISM
“If we have no
business with the construction of the future or with organizing it for
all time, there can still be no doubt about the task confronting us at
present: the ruthless criticism of the existing order, ruthless in that
it will shrink neither from its own discoveries, nor from conflict with
the powers that be.” — Karl Marx
Economics
What is the market economy?
The subject sounds at first glance like the most self-evident thing in the world
Political science
Human beings, according to political scienceViolent anarchists with the will to submit to state power
Sociology
The humanities and social sciences – Useful knowledge for the state and societyKnowledge as a means of rule
Finally discovered – Unemployment is a head problem!Social scientists' constructive contributions to “social problem number one”
Science explains: The main thing is that a thing functionsThe mind’s commitment to the world exactly as it is now
Anthropology
How humanity becomes humanTurning the obedient will into nature
Psychology
Human beings, according to psychology
Total lunatics who are always trying to get a grip on themselves
Arguments against psychologyModern opium of the people
The Milgram ExperimentThe born concentration camp henchmen
Motivation psychologyThe quest for laws which determine the human will
How intelligent is intelligence theory?Democratic racism
Philosophy
“Subjective truth”A topic as widely accepted as it is false
Is the will free or determined?
A continually burning question for psychologists, educators and philosophers – but wrong nonetheless
The 10 favorite dogmas of critical theory
Permissible criticism that reconciles itself to the prevailing conditions
Friedrich NietzscheGod's murderer, Hitler's forefather, misogynist, genius, lunatic, or what?
PlatoFrom the nursery of reason to the old folks’ home of philosophy
When decency becomes theoretical“Where would we be if nobody adhered to anything anymore ...?”
Are duties rational?On the irrational idea of wanting to make duties rational
History
How historical thinking is doneIt is this way because it has become this way
Speeches and interpretations on the centenary of the First World War – Part 1Trend-setting reminders of a senseless slaughter of peoples
Speeches and interpretations on the centenary of the First World War – Part 2The latest scholarly views of a war that no one wanted
What German historians think of the persecution of the JewsBad for Germany
The Goldhagen debate –
Berlin’s willing executionersAn American historian’s stupid question: “How do ordinary patriots become mass murderers?”