Philosophy › Section L · Contemporary philosophy and social theory › Topic L.5
Postmodernism
Modern thought hoped that science, reason and history were leading towards universal truths. Postmodern thinkers doubted those grand stories and asked how language and power shape what counts as true. This topic sets out their main ideas, the strongest case for them and the strongest objections.
In this topic
- Doubting the grand stories
- Structuralism: meaning from difference
- Post-structuralism: meaning that will not stay fixed
- Derrida and deconstruction
- Worked example: deconstructing "natural"
- From Nietzsche's genealogy to Foucault's power
- Worked example: monitoring software at work
- Postmodern ideas in politics
- The case for postmodernism
- The strongest objections
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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