Postmodern quests in applied philosophy
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Publisher: Editura Lumen
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9731663207
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A Quest for Hope - Searching for Ways out of Postmodernism into New Reality
Author: Jan Chr. Vaessen
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 1409261662
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPostmodernism For Beginners
Author: Jim Powell
Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser
Published: 2007-08-21
Total Pages: 314
ISBN-13: 1939994195
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIf you are like most people, you’re not sure what Postmodernism is. And if this were like most books on the subject, it probably wouldn’t tell you. Besides what a few grumpy critics claim, Postmodernism is not a bunch of meaningless intellectual mind games. On the contrary, it is a reaction to the most profound spiritual and philosophical crisis of our time – the failure of the Enlightenment. Jim Powell takes the position that Postmodernism is a series of “maps” that help people find their way through a changing world. Postmodernism For Beginners features the thoughts of Foucault on power and knowledge, Jameson on mapping the postmodern, Baudrillard on the media, Harvey on time-space compression, Derrida on deconstruction and Deleuze and Guattari on rhizomes. The book also discusses postmodern artifacts such as Madonna, cyberpunk, Buddhist ecology, and teledildonics.
The Politics of Postmodernity
Author: Gary Brent Madison
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9401007500
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Politics of Postmodernity outlines in a clear and coherent manner the implications for political theory that are inherent in philosophical hermeneutics. Hermeneutics is not only a general theory of human understanding, it is also, in terms of its practical consequences, a general Theory of Democracy. This book demonstrates, with reference to current debates, how hermeneutical theory provides the ultimate philosophical justification for democratic practice and universal human rights. One of the book's most significant features is the way in which it attempts to work through postmodernism and the way in which throughout it shows how hermeneutics, while fully a form of `postmodern' thought, is nevertheless distinctive in this regard in eschewing all forms of relativism and in resolutely defending a nonessentialist universalism. This book will be of interest to all those concerned with the fate of the core values traditionally defended by philosophy and, indeed, with the future of philosophy itself after postmodernity.
The Quest for Meaning
Author: Marcel Danesi
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2007-01-01
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 0802095143
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Quest for Meaning is designed as a guide to basic semiotic theory and practice, discussing and illustrating the main trends, ideas, and figures of semiotics.
Explaining Postmodernism
Author: Stephen R. C. Hicks
Publisher: Scholargy Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781592476428
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPostmodern Philosophy and Law
Author: Douglas E. Litowitz
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe author presents a two-tiered analysis that views postmodern legal thought as both a collective intellectual movement, and as the work of particular theorists, notably Friedrich Nietzsche, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Francois Lyotard, and Richard Rorty. He concludes that even though postmodern thought does not give rise to a normative theory of right that can be used as a framework for deciding cases, it can focus attention on genealogy and discourse, and can empower those who have been denied a voice in the legal system. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Complexity and Postmodernism
Author: Paul Cilliers
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2002-09-11
Total Pages: 170
ISBN-13: 1134743297
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Complexity and Postmodernism, Paul Cilliers explores the idea of complexity in the light of contemporary perspectives from philosophy and science. Cilliers offers us a unique approach to understanding complexity and computational theory by integrating postmodern theory (like that of Derrida and Lyotard) into his discussion. Complexity and Postmodernism is an exciting and an original book that should be read by anyone interested in gaining a fresh understanding of complexity, postmodernism and connectionism.
The Quest for Truth
Author: F. Leroy Forlines
Publisher: Randall House Publications
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 576
ISBN-13: 9780892659623
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis invaluable tool seriously discusses profound truths that apply to every facet of life. Biblical truth should be made applicable to the total personality. The "inescapable questions of life" are answered from the standard of God's authoritative Word.
The Postmodern Condition
Author: Jean-François Lyotard
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 142
ISBN-13: 9780816611737
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book it explores science and technology, makes connections between these epistemic, cultural, and political trends, and develops profound insights into the nature of our postmodernity.
