Pornography Debate and the Intellectual Anti-Intellectual Divide
The article outlines the heated clash over pornography in society, contrasting anti intellectuals who defend traditional values with intellectuals who seek greater freedom. It traces the issue from European origins in the 16th century to modern polarization and argues both sides fail to provide convincing reasons. It notes human beings’ need to make sense of experience and to innovate, driving belief stability and intellectual progress.
The New Left and Pornography as Social Innovation
The text argues that weaker enforcement of beliefs accelerates innovation and deviance, while stronger policing suppresses change. It links the New Left’s promotion of sexual freedom and obscene language to driving radical challenge to the social system, then questions whether current society already faces too much or too little innovation.
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