Explaining Postmodernism: Skepticism and Socialism from Rousseau to Foucault
Have you ever wondered why President Obama and fellow travelers do not care if they are caught in a lie, or make contradictory statements? This book will explain to you why these people don’t care about the facts.
What is really impressive about this book is that the author clearly explains the philosophical thoughts of Kant, Rousseau, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Hegel, Logical Positivists, and many others. If you had difficulty understanding the writings of these philosophers, there is a reason. They don’t believe in reason, logic, evidence, or that words in anyway are related to reality, which logically means we should not take their writings seriously since they don’t.
The author suggests that philosophical problems in Enlightenment epistemology were the crack by which Postmodernism gets its hold, but he does not explain what the problems were. This point of view is interesting, because Rand’s argument is that it was a failure of ethics that provided the crack for socialism.
What is really impressive about this book is that the author clearly explains the philosophical thoughts of Kant, Rousseau, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Hegel, Logical Positivists, and many others. If you had difficulty understanding the writings of these philosophers, there is a reason. They don’t believe in reason, logic, evidence, or that words in anyway are related to reality, which logically means we should not take their writings seriously since they don’t.
The author suggests that philosophical problems in Enlightenment epistemology were the crack by which Postmodernism gets its hold, but he does not explain what the problems were. This point of view is interesting, because Rand’s argument is that it was a failure of ethics that provided the crack for socialism.
In college I satisfied my history requirement by taking history of science and history of biology. I should have been less science/tech-centric. If you know a good premier on the great philosophers that influenced the US, I would certainly read it.
Kant's whole goal was to save religion from reason and he created a system that was neo-platonist to accomplish this.
You like vanilla, I like rocky road, or whatever. Most important is that we're free to choose. (so far)
It doesn't make this philosophy any less aggravating, delusional, or hypocritical, it just helps explain why it is pointless to argue with them in the first place. ;)
Sounds very interesting. So many books, so little time. I have the ISBN. I'll just put it on the pile along with the rest. :)
Regards,
O.A.
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