Posted on 05/04/2008 11:48:46 AM PDT by Laissez-faire capitalist
Postmodernism is a worldview characterized by a belief in the lack of an objective truth, and wehich asserts that assertions of objective knowledge are essentially impossible. A strong part of postmodernist thought is an intentional departure from traditional approaches that had previously been dominant...
Some postmodernist idea are:
Truth is a "social construct," rather than objectively provable.
There is no superior culture; Western culture is no better than any other (see cultural relativism)...
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An overview comparison of Modernism and Postmodernism:
Modernism: Truth can be discovered by reason and logical augmentation; Humans can progress through reason, science, objectivity and the scientific method.
Postmodernism: Truth does not exist objectively, there is no universal truth transcending culture, and progress is an oppressive Western concept.
Postmodernism is a rejection of logic, metaphysical logic (metaphysical certainty), reason, objectivity, the Enlightenment and the products of the Enlightenment - Representative Democracy, Western society, global market capitalism and so on - in favor of relativistic thought (moral relativism, cultural relativism, etc).
Frederick D. Wilhelmsen:
"Assent with intellectual certitude is threefold: (a) metaphysical, wherein there is absolutely no possibility for the truth of the opposite; (b) physical; and (c) moral, wherin there is a remore possibility for the truth of the contrary, but we have no sufficient reason to think this possibility will be fulfilled in the situation at hand."
"Assent (to certitude) is a conscious discernment and committment to the truth... Assent is the mind's ratification of the proposition it has formed."
Logical certainty is found in tautologies or statements that are true by definition. All circles are round, etc.
These things are not relative.
Metaphysical certainty: I know that I exist. This is true since I cannot deny my existence without existing to make the denial.
First principles of logic are also known for certain, since the subject and predicate say the same thing: "Being exists, Nonbeing is not Being." "Nonbeing cannot produce Being" is also ceratin since produce implies an existing producer.
These things are not relative, either.
When one also looks at the link below (in addition to this here), one can see why Postmodernistic thought should be rejected.
Postmodernism (Plus A Primer On Deconstructing One Of The Pillars Of Liberalism
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010240/posts
Simply put, post modernism is the belief that western culture is just a constructed story or narrative that was designed to prop up the capitalist white male. Post modernists believe that our culture and history should be re-written to favor the oppressed minorities. They also feel that all poverty is the fault of capitalist western culture and that crime is caused by the oppression of the poor white the white capitalists.
So, all those murders in cities like Philadelphia are not the fault of gang culture in the cities, because they wouldn’t killing each other if they weren’t oppressed by the white capitalists. Therefore, judicial restoration is called for, Black youth should not be subjected to the same minimum sentencing guidelines that are applied to white men.
The Duke lacrosse case was an instance of post modernist judicial restoration put into action.
All of what you say is quite true.
Postmodernists believe that Western culture is just a social construct, but going by the standards and beliefs acticulated by Postmodernists, Postmodernism itself can be seen as just another ‘arbitrary social construction’ like all other ideologies.
As stated previosuly in the link in the first post, Postmodernists believe that their tenets are absolute...while they relativize everything else.
That is absolutely true.....er....um....wait a minute....hmmmmm....something isn't right here...
That is absolutely true.....er....um....wait a minute....hmmmmm....something isn't right here...
In which case, it has no more validity than any other, so we white, capitalist (I wish), Christian Protestant, Euro-centric males, have no reason to assist its followers in their goals.
INTREP
I can only guess that post modernism is used cynically by politicians who wish to advance their own cause.
Post-Modernism cannot accommodate Islamism, which demands that all other points of view subjugate themselves to Islam or face extermination, although it tries. Post-Modernism fell with the twin towers, but liberalism does not examine itself well. It will pretend that all cultures can be accommodated, despite all evidence to the contrary.
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