The biological origin of social behavior is the narrative that gives the lie to postmodernism and brings forward the supernarrative of theological materialism.
Postmodernism rejects “metanarratives” saying that something is always left out to in order to make an integrative total narrative, therefore all integrated narratives are criticized and rejected by postmodernism---the metanarrative of postmodernism is the exception to their rule.
As William Lind put it postmodern “critical theory” (including “critical race theory”) is basically the theory to criticize, to “submit every aspect of Western culture to constant, unremitting criticism, so it would be discredited to the point where people would abandon the ways of thinking and living it embodied.”
The biological origin of our social behavior as empirically explained by sociobiology actually ends the intellectual defense of postmodern relativism. As long as we are alive every cell in our body demands survival and reproductive success. This natural activation can be blocked, subverted, or it can be unknown to us, but it can't legitimately be intellectually or instinctively denied. Any existing "relativity" of values can come only from the various social and cultural methods we try (including postmodernism) to biologically and genetically advance our kin, related ethnic group, locality and nation.
Ideas are expressions of the biological origin of social behavior related to whatever field the ideas are presenting. This includes the ideas of religion, philosophy, politics, art, etc, which usually define the moral superiority of their causes. Ideas often mask the will to life of biology. But the idea of the biological origin of social behavior does not mask the biological origin of social behavior.
“Physicalism” does not have to lead to the loss of religion when ascending levels of Godhood are seen as evolved to in the material and supermaterial world. Consciousness is derived from material experiences. We can indeed immanentize the eschaton, attain Godhood directly within nature and evolution, when we affirm that evolution moves inevitably in a pattern, even though it has its random elements, and the pattern has a discernible direction, in spite of instances of stagnation and retreat, toward higher and higher more effective living forms, all the way toward ascending levels of Godhood---science can help it along the way.
In theological materialism religion, faith, art, and science can legitimately unite.
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