Postmodern philosophical critique and the pursuit of knowledge in higher education
Auteur :
Mourad, Roger
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN :
9780897895545
Date de publication :
26 août 1997
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
227 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This work explores the philosophical positions of five postmodern thinkers - Lyotard, Rorty, Schrag, Foucault, and Derrida. It shows how their critiques imply that scholars are unduly limited by the belief that phenomena exist prior to and independent of enquiry and persist unchanged subsequently.