Horace L. Fairlamb - Critical Conditions: Postmodernity and the Question of Foundations (Literature, Culture, Theory)
Cambridge University Press (June 24, 1994) | ISBN: 0521456657 | English | Pages: 286 | PDF | 14MB
The postmodern debate has been heavily influenced by often contradictory conclusions about the foundations of knowledge. Horace Fairlamb contends that philosophy's foundationist quest has usually been misconceived as a choice between "super-science" and theoretical anarchy. Examining the history of foundationism, and providing detailed analysis of the work of leading theorists, including Fish, Foucault, Derrida, Gadamer and Habermas, Dr. Fairlamb argues for a less reductive and less arbitrary conception of knowledge and meaning. The result is an important contribution to the current reevaluation of theoretical discourse.
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