PHIL 385 - Postmodernism

Postmodernism has been characterized more as a “mood” than a set body of doctrine, a “constellation” of concerns that has arisen in the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust. Postmodern concerns challenge central tenets of Enlightenment rationalism regarding the self, knowledge, language, logic, reality, and power. The “roots” of postmodern thinking in the work of Nietzsche, Freud, and Heideg¬ger will be explored, along with such thinkers as Lyotard, Foucault, Derrida, Rorty, and Habermas and feminist challenges to Enlightenment rationality.

Credits: 4
Terms Offered: As Needed