very interesting read but she’s so invested in making a critique of postmodernism/post structuralism - a trend in north american academia, where not ever reading french philosophy is also trendy - that it makes the “philosophical” content of the book very shallow and cringy. it’s so weird seeing a serious scholar being so dismissive of other scholars to prove a point that is plain wrong. north american writers are WEIRD, they have no idea how their understanding of reality is completely psychedelic and conspiratorial, looking for easy ways to put blame on foreigners, not to mention the irony in north americans shaming the french for being liberals lol. she dismissively name drops philosophers blaming them for all evils without ever questioning if she should actually know about those authors and offer a substantiated critique instead of repeating the same old bs right wingers made up. it’s so cringeworthy bc it’s totally gratuitous, she could have made her point perfectly without this. i’m halfway through the book and never once she managed to criticize those philosophers substantially. the anti-intellectual content of this book feels very out or place, specially considering it’s left leaning