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Explaining Postmodernism (Expanded Edition)
- Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault
- Narrated by: Scott R. Smith
- Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Tracing postmodernism from its roots in Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Immanuel Kant to their development in thinkers such as Michel Foucault and Richard Rorty, philosopher Stephen Hicks provides a provocative account of why postmodernism has been the most vigorous intellectual movement of the late 20th century.
Why do skeptical and relativistic arguments have such power in the contemporary intellectual world? Why do they have that power in the humanities but not in the sciences? Why has a significant portion of the political left - the same left that traditionally promoted reason, science, equality for all, and optimism - now switched to themes of anti-reason, anti-science, double standards, and cynicism?
Explaining Postmodernism is intellectual history with a polemical twist, providing fresh insights into the debates underlying the furor over political correctness, multiculturalism, and the future of liberal democracy.
This expanded edition includes two additional essays by Stephen Hicks: "Free Speech and Postmodernism" and "From Modern to Postmodern Art: Why Art Became Ugly".
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- Kelly Hannigan
- 2019-07-18
Well worth the listen!
An important and useful examination of the historical development of philosophy which has led us to our current cultural moment which is immersed in postmodern thought and its implications for society.
A little tough to grab onto all the information during the first half of the book as Hicks goes over the philosophical contributions of numerous thinkers, but when he arrives at the 20th century, his points seem to coalesce nicely into an explanation of how we arrived at the present philosophical moment.
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- Paisia Stella
- 2023-11-02
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Biased but still overall good. Speaks about all the leading people in postmodern thought and its history.
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- ET STEAD
- 2020-10-02
Excellent, well thought out, detailed book. Scary!
Excellent, well thought out, detailed book. Scary to think what a post modernistic world would be like. Not one I want to live in.
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- Talieh
- 2023-05-18
Thorough
Quite a thorough analysis of this blight that has befallen my generation. Very enjoyable to listen to.
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- Derek
- 2020-11-01
A very biased description of postmodern ideas
Rather than lay out the ideas to be discussed and let the reader conclude the effects, Hicks allows his personal bias’ to creep in. He leaps to many unjustified conclusions.
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