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What were Jacques Derrida's most important ideas?
I've been studying Sociology for a few years, and am coming up on modern theory: post-structuralism, deconstruction etc. I've read a bit of it, but the ideas often seem somewhat removed from everyday ...
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How can one argue against absolute Relativism while being a Postmodernist?
A common criticism of postmodernism by the misunderstood and its opponents is that postmodernism justifies absolute moral relativism. I.e The claim that any claim is as true or good as any other, thus ...
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Does structuralism have preference for thinking through structures?
Structuralism states we are governed by narrow cultural structures.
I believe post-modernism and post-structuralism acknowledge the existence of this structures as well.
Is the difference in the ...
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Do followers of Lyotard consider modernism deconstructive?
Do followers of Lyotard consider modernism deconstructive? I ask only because I've read that
Furthermore, says Lyotard, a work can become modern only if it is
first postmodern, for postmodernism ...
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What are the differences between postmodernism, post-structuralism and deconstruction?
I know they can be used interchangeably, but in the spirit of structuralism, what are the differences between them?
From Postmodernism - Wikipedia, I think that postmodernism and post-structuralism ...
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Circular arguments in Philosophy post Wittgenstein
I am aware that this may seem rather naïve, but I feel I must ask it anyway: Are Heidegger's meditations on "Being" in "Zeit und Sein", and Derrida's deconstructions of Lacan's Freudian reflections on ...
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