Postmodernism Lecture Introduction

I thought I should take a word of advice once in a while, and in doing so, help the few get accustomed to some aspects of what postmodernism includes.

The information which follows comes by way of other means, not my own. Each day there will be a new postmodernist artist presented. Lets begin.

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“Postmodernism is highly debated even among postmodernists themselves. For an initial characterization of its basic premises, consider anthropological critic Melford Spiro’s excellent synopsis of the basic tenets of postmodernism:

“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).”"

* below you will find a guide to postmodernism *

http://www.as.ua.edu/ant/Faculty/murphy/436/pomo.htm

 

January 25th, 2005 - Posted in Uncategorized | |

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