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Cargando... Postmodernism for Beginners (edición 1995)por Richard Appignanesi (Autor)
Información de la obraIntroducing Postmodernism por Richard Appignanesi
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Books of the "Introducing..." (Graphic Guide) series use cartoons and minimal text to explain complex ideas, political movements, schools of philosophy, and prominent intellectuals. From the five books that I have read, I find their coverage spotty, and ranging from "acceptable" to "inadequate". This book falls at the low end of that scale -- although as much to the intellectual vacuity of its subject matter as to its presentation. If "postmodernism" has ever had much to offer beyond a route to tenure in academic fields with low standards, this book has failed to demonstrate what that might be. The welter of images and words reveal it to be a sort of manic nihilism -- an anti-intellectual anarchy. "The Gulf War never happened" insists one hemi-intellectual proponent featured in the book (p. 133). (Tell that to the veterans and the families of those killed on both sides of the conflict). "Post-modern science" (an oxymoron if I've ever heard one) "is in a condition of anarchy" we're informed -- and that's a good thing (p. 109). Perhaps the author's confusion explains why he badly misunderstands the "anthropic principle" (p. 110). Richard Dawkins said it best, when he noted that "a postmodernist in an airplane is a hypocrite." Those who deny scientific facts and principles don't actually do so when their lives are at stake -- nor are they willing to forego the creature comforts, freedom from disease, and longevity that science has provided. Meanwhile, as many have pointed out, postmodernism's insistence that there are no facts (and no means of discovering truths) is a self- refutation (for why should we believe its statements?) Why would a book entitled "Introducing Postmodernism" not take note of the strong refutations of postmodernism from many quarters? How could the authors write such a book without any reference to the episode in which Alan Sokal revealed the movement's fraudulent, anti-intellectual nature? (Do a Google search on "Sokal hoax" for more information). The one-sided view reveals this little book to be a work of advocacy, not an honest exploration. Happily, the movement seems to have played itself out in the US, now that several of its major proponents (including Stanley Fish) have backed away from it. And so, we have reason to expect that all this silliness will disappear from academia with the now- retiring generation of deluded proponents. Unfortunately, in an age of "alternative facts" and so-called "fake news", the damage postmodernism has done to public discourse in the US is monumental, and appears to be here for the duration. For readers who want to explore more about this bizarre chapter in intellectual history, I recommend "Fashionable Nonsense: Postmodern Intellectuals' Abuse of Science" by Sokal and Bricmont. I'm not sure what I think of this book - I liked the format, but I found that there wasn't enough info to understand the short snippets of post-modernism. I really don't understand it - it seems to be at times contradictory, but maybe I just need to find a different book on the subject. Either way, I'm glad I read it. Hva er postmodernisme? Et ord eller mote? Noe? Ingenting eller bedrageri? Det var en bok som ga meg innsikt i temaet. Når vi får alle brikkene på plass, blir det klart at postmodernismen har sin plass innen humaniora, samfunnvitenskap og kunst, men aldri innen naturvitenskap eller matematikk. Det var denne avgrensningen i noen fag som manglet, selv om man leste om dekonstruksjon, semiotikk, forskjellige ikoner, til og med politikk og moter. Allikevel, var det en god og interessant bok. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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Whereas the cartoon-style graphics in ‘The genealogy of postmodern art’ were useful, I found that in Part Two, ‘The genealogy of postmodern theory’ the graphics were just distracting, and the text was (by contrast with Butler’s book, Postmodernism, a Very Short Introduction) unnecessarily complex. Things which needed more clarification were hampered by the limitations of the layout, and I didn’t cheer up until I got to the page titled ‘The death of the author’ in which it is explained that Barthes (1967) made this statement in support of his idea that readers create their own meanings, regardless of the author’s intentions: the texts they use to do so are thus ever shifting, unstable or open to question.’
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