I have serious criticisms to make of postmodern thought, especially in philosophy where they took it fully unflitered, but it does make some good criticisms of modernism.
Oh, I have plentiful criticism to level on postmodernism too. The main one being how it’s self-referentially inconsistent and uses that in a motte-and-bailey fashion.
I mean, if all truths are relative, is that only true in some contexts? Or is it absolutely true? That has the same logical structure as “This sentence is false.”
Likewise with being utterly intolerant of intolerance. So which intolerance shall we allow? Absolutely none? Oops. But surely we can just be smart about it and pick and choose which forms of intolerance are really only directed at intolerance, right? That can’t possibly be weaponized in a way that creates division in society! :-/
Postmodernism adds a twist of self-mockery as though to acknowledge this. But that gets taken as a sign of being Truly Humble which frees them of scrutiny of their Grand Narrative that all Grand Narratives are relative and that all evil comes from believing that one of them is absolutely true.
Oh, I have plentiful criticism to level on postmodernism too. The main one being how it’s self-referentially inconsistent and uses that in a motte-and-bailey fashion.
I mean, if all truths are relative, is that only true in some contexts? Or is it absolutely true? That has the same logical structure as “This sentence is false.”
Likewise with being utterly intolerant of intolerance. So which intolerance shall we allow? Absolutely none? Oops. But surely we can just be smart about it and pick and choose which forms of intolerance are really only directed at intolerance, right? That can’t possibly be weaponized in a way that creates division in society! :-/
Postmodernism adds a twist of self-mockery as though to acknowledge this. But that gets taken as a sign of being Truly Humble which frees them of scrutiny of their Grand Narrative that all Grand Narratives are relative and that all evil comes from believing that one of them is absolutely true.
But ha ha don’t take this too seriously.
But also Cancel Culture.
:-/