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Oct 21, 2024 · postmodernism, in Western philosophy, a late 20th-century movement characterized by broad skepticism, subjectivism, or relativism; a general suspicion of reason; and an acute sensitivity to the role of ideology in asserting and maintaining political and economic power. This article discusses postmodernism in philosophy.
Sep 30, 2005 · Postmodernism. That postmodernism is indefinable is a truism. However, it can be described as a set of critical, strategic and rhetorical practices employing concepts such as difference, repetition, the trace, the simulacrum, and hyperreality to destabilize other concepts such as presence, identity, historical progress, epistemic certainty, and ...
issue, and a sense that those who hold postmodern views have little hope. The present study suggests that postmodernity is best understood as an epistemological shift. Using the Kony 2012 campaign as a case study, we argue that epistemology is the best way in which to understand postmodernity, that this shift in epistemology is influencing a
Summary: A vacuum for postmodernism to fill 79 First thesis: Postmodernism as the end result of Kantian epistemology 80 Chapter Four: The Climate of Collectivism From postmodern epistemology to postmodern politics 84 The argument of the next three chapters 86 Responding to socialism’s crisis of theory and evidence 89 Back to Rousseau 91
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The term postmodernism originated in fields as different as philosophy, architecture, and literary theory in the early twentieth century (Wilterdink, 2002). The common element among different conceptualizations of postmodernism seems to be the idea that another era, modernism , had reached its end and was to be replaced by a yet-to-be-named new epoch.
early 1990s, sociologists exposited, appropriated, and normalized an epistemological postmodernism that thematizes the tentative, reflective, and possibly shifting nature of knowledge. More recently, however, sociologists have recognized the potential of a postmodern theory that turns its attention to empirical concerns. Empirical postmod-
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Jan 1, 2021 · The postmodern theory of knowledge creation must answer questions such as “How do I know that my understanding of a $20 bill as legal tender is correct (i.e. real)?” As is the case with objective knowledge, subjective knowledge is validated via an appeal to other minds achieving the same image of reality (e.g. the worth of a $20 bill).
