Understanding postmodernism

Understanding postmodernism: a Christian perspective

by Kelly, Stewart E., (Stewart Emmett)

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Most introductions to postmodernism are either wholly negative or wholly positive. Stewart Kelly and James Dew present a balanced introduction and assessment of postmodernism that corrects misunderstandings and examines its shortcomings. This is a clear, accessible text for Christian students of philosophy.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Understanding postmodernism : a Christian perspective / Stewart E. Kelly with James K. Dew Jr.

Summary

Most introductions to postmodernism are either wholly negative or wholly positive. Stewart Kelly and James Dew present a balanced introduction and assessment of postmodernism that corrects misunderstandings and examines its shortcomings. This is a clear, accessible text for Christian students of philosophy.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2017

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):InterVarsity Press
  • Place of Publication:Downers Grove, IL
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:2017

The Physical Object

  • Description:1 online resource

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0830889086, 9780830889082
  • oclc:on1010544350
  • LC Classification:BR115.P74
  • Dewey Decimal:261

Table of Contents

Introducing postmodernism -- Criteria for evaluating postmodernism -- The demise of enlightenment modernism -- The observer as situated -- Philosophy of language -- Truth and social construction -- Postmodernism and the self -- Realism and antirealism, objectivity and subjectivity -- On metanarratives and oppression -- Doubts about metanarratives -- Truth, faith, and postmodernism -- Postmodernism and the critique of Enlightenment rationalism -- The hope of the Gospel -- Where do we go from here? -- Chart on modernism and postmodernism.

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Subjects

Postmodernism -- Religious aspects

Writers

Kelly, Stewart E., (Stewart Emmett)

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