Critical Conditions: Postmodernity and the Question of FoundationsCambridge University Press, 26 de maig 1994 - 271 pàgines The postmodern debate has been heavily influenced by often contradictory conclusions about the foundations of knowledge: hermeneutics challenges epistemology, politics challenges science, identity theory challenges critical theory, pragmatism challenges formalism, and so on. Horace Fairlamb contends that philosophy's foundationist quest has usually been misconceived as a choice between a 'super-science' and theoretical anarchy. Through an examination of the history of foundationism, and detailed analysis of the work of leading theorists including Fish, Foucault, Derrida, Gadamer and Habermas, Dr Fairlamb argues for a less reductive and less arbitrary conception of knowledge and meaning. The result in this 1994 book is a sophisticated critique of contemporary theory with implications for philosophers as well as literary theorists, and an important contribution to the re-evaluation of theoretical discourse. |
Continguts
Fishs strong conventions the minds own world | 23 |
Brave new words postmodernism on epistemology | 57 |
Theory andor deconstruction Derridas slippage | 81 |
Gadamers universalism the limits of hermeneutic authority | 104 |
Critical politics deconstruction for Americans | 135 |
Foucaults microphysical politics Big Brother is missing | 171 |
Habermas neoformalism theory as praxis | 204 |
Critical theory and postmodern localism rebels without a cause | 233 |
Conclusion | 255 |
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Critical Conditions: Postmodernity and the Question of Foundations Horace L. Fairlamb Previsualització limitada - 1994 |
Critical Conditions: Postmodernity and the Question of Foundations Horace L. Fairlamb Previsualització no disponible - 1994 |
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abstract analysis anti-foundationism anti-foundationist appears argument authority Aylmer's believe Brooks and Warren claims closure coherence complexity consensus constitute constraints context conventional conventionism critical conditions critical theory critique culture deconstruction Derrida determinacy discourse discover domination economic emancipatory epistemic epistemology false dilemma Fish Fish's formal conditions Foucault foundations Frankfurt School free inquiry freedom Gadamer Gadamer's grammatology grounds Habermas heterological historical ideal implies insofar interests interpretation interpretive communities irony issue Kant Kant's Kantian knowledge language limits linguistic literary criticism logic logocentrism Lyotard Marxist meaning mediacy mediate merely modern modes monology moral necessity notion objective Ohmann philosophical hermeneutics philosophy phronesis political possibility post-structuralist postmodern postmodernists practical reason pragmatic principle privileged problem progress question radical rational reductive rhetoric Rorty Rorty's scientific semiosis semiotic sense skepticism social society Stanley Fish strategies strong foundationism strong foundationist structure suggest systematicity theoretical theorists thought totalizing theories traditional transcendence transcendental truth understanding
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Camp y posvanguardia: manifestaciones culturales de un siglo fenecido José Amícola Visualització de fragments - 2000 |
Adult Development, Therapy, and Culture: A Postmodern Synthesis Gerald D. Young Previsualització limitada - 1997 |