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  • Postmodernism and Its Critics

    From the page: "consider anthropological critic Melford Spiro's excellent synopsis of the basic tenets of postmodernism: â€oeThe postmodernist critique of science consists of two interrelated arguments, epistemological and ideological. Both are based on subjectivity. First,... more

    Reviewed by chummers Feb 11 2008, 11:47am ( 50 reviews ) • ua.edu

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  • Rated by emilyinstitches on Nov 09, 5:01pm

    lol

  • Rated by serendipity210 on May 25, 11:07pm

    I did not get to completely read this but I plan on it... I wonder what you should call psychology if it is not considered a science?

  • Rated by ElviraMM on Apr 15 2009, 7:50am

    Schematic Differences between Modernism and Postmodernism is really interesting part.

  • Rated by ozgurcemsen on Mar 08 2009, 4:29pm

    "Schematic Differences between Modernism and Postmodernism" that part is very interesting..

  • Reviewed by JargonScott on Mar 06 2009, 4:04pm

    Hmm... There are a number of idiosyncrasies within this discussion, particularly with regards to the 'modernist' / 'postmodernist' comparison chart: "apples and oranges" come to mind. Still, it's well presented, well argued and certainly a good read.

  • Reviewed by zimpf on Feb 15 2009, 12:46pm

    Not a bad discussion of the difference between modernism and postmodernism. Many of you reading may have been unaware of the difference even though it affects every aspect of your daily life. Some differences do have a distinction. Postmodernism unravels everything that the driving cultural forces of the 20th century aimed to make pretty certain, predictable and controllable. "Skepticallity" is probably the safest way to think about the world these days. Pay attention to Arachne929 below, she's nailed a very good critique but may not have gone far enough. "Postmodern Life" is best defined as that which defies conventional notions of order, control and predictability. Since everything is questionable, everything is possible. Reality is idiosyncratic; "The Truth," which depends on consensual validation, is harder and harder to come by. Arachne's post lead to this line of thought: as it is obvious that the order, control and predictability embodied in the promise of The Enlightenment and efforts to put it into practice by way of Modernism and Modernity are now quickly eroding, Postmodernism may be a reflection of the realization that because everyday consciousness is subjective and life in the quantum foam is simply the vector collapse of a probability, we should only tether ourselves to ideas, scientific or otherwise, provisionally and for the moment. Postmodernism is evidence that we are moving toward a recognition that may allow consciousness to evolve sufficiently for us to navigate increasing chaos. The PostPostModernism may well be "Probablism," a term that not only incorporates the chaos and probability of quantum life, but also the "Pro Babel-ism" of exactly what interconnectivity here has brought us. It also allows for a more flexible exploration of "the fact that there 'is something it's like' to be a conscious organism. That subjective aspect is experience." (Nagel. T. (1974) What is it like to be a bat? Philosophical Review 4, 435-450) Experience may be mysterious but I've found it to be one of the more reliable maps, which doesn't mean it should confused with the territory. And since it's never ending (Death...? Maybe.) it is asymptotic, like falling in love: the best you can hope for is always going half the distance. Long live "probablistic wonders!"

  • Rated by stumblz7 on Oct 04 2008, 11:57pm

    From the page: "The postmodernist critique of science consists of two interrelated arguments, epistemological and ideological. Both are based on subjectivity. First, because of the subjectivity of the human object, anthropology, according to the epistemological argument cannot be a science; and in any event the subjectivity of the human subject precludes the possibility of science discovering objective truth. Second, since objectivity is an illusion, science according to the ideological argument, subverts oppressed groups, females, ethnics, third-world peoples (Spiro 1996)."

  • Rated by Pacuspi on Oct 02 2008, 6:20am

    useful for studing