Heresy - a further explanation
In Paul Graham's essay, " Heresy ", he asks: " Why? Why has [heresy,] this antiquated-sounding religious concept come back in a secular form? And why now?" And his answer: You need two ingredients for a wave of intolerance: intolerant people, and an ideology to guide them... In the late 1980s a new ideology of this type appeared in US universities... His explanation is essentially, new ideologies gained footholds in the US, which enabled intolerant people to cry heresy once more. I find this to be lacking substance, so I'll add a bit more. --- Tanner Greer, who writes on the blog "The Scholar's Stage", wrote a post on the postmodern transition from a culture of dignity to a culture of victimhood . I highly recommend to read it if you're interested in theories of culture. It expounds 3 types of cultures in human history in relation to conflict resolution: A culture of honor (Ancient history) - In societies where law enforcement is weak,