postmodernism

Question 1

Which philosopher said “god is dead

Answer 1

Nietzsche

Question 2

Pm reject the metanarrative inherent in

Answer 2

all of the above

Question 3

To pm no such thing as human nature

Answer 3

true

Question 4

Words are about things

Answer 4

false

Question 5

Science cannot tell us what is true, only what scientists believe

Answer 5

true

Question 6

Words cannot accurately describe objects in the world

Answer 6

true

Question 7

Deconstruction says The reader’s interpretation is more important than the author’s intent

Answer 7

true

Question 8

Who wrote death of the author?

Answer 8

Roland Barthes

Question 9

Asserts that all wv offer unbiased

Answer 9

false

Question 10

Things do not have essences

Answer 10

true

Question 11

The prob w humanity is our adherence to

Answer 11

metanarratives

Question 12

Metanarratives are us…

Answer 12

trying to figure out truth

Question 13

Universal truth can be known

Answer 13

false

Question 14

Which affects how we see the world

Answer 14

all the above

Question 15

Truth is what?

Answer 15

socially constructed

Question 16

Pm claim that the notion of subjective truth is used to oppress others

Answer 16

true

Question 17

We have what type of access to reality

Answer 17

none of the above

Question 18

Pm reject all metanarratives

Answer 18

true

Question 19

Language functions as what

Answer 19

tool of power and manipulation

Question 20

Pm doubt the objective which of the following disciplines

Answer 20

all the above

Question 21

There is meaning in the text

Answer 21

true

Question 22

Human beings are what?

Answer 22

social constructs

Question 23

Do not believe we can have objective knowledge

Answer 23

true

Question 24

What point can we find agreement on

Answer 24

all the above

Question 25

What are other points we can agree on

Answer 25

none of the above

Question 26

Nietzsche predicted that once we killed our belief of god all meaning and morality would continue without him

Answer 26

false, die with him

Question 27

pm and middle-way buddhism share a similar view of truth

Answer 27

true

Question 28

construct persuasive arguments whether or not they were true

Answer 28

sophism

Question 29

product of linguistically constructed forms or grammars that societies have developed over time

Answer 29

structuralism

Question 30

communication is not about things, but view and motivation of those involved in conversation

Answer 30

poststructuralsim

Question 31

characterized by a strong belief in rationalism

Answer 31

modernism

Question 32

the world and human existence is without meaning, purpose, and truth

Answer 32

nihilism

Question 33

method of literary analysis that questions the ability of language to represent reality

Answer 33

deconstruction

Question 34

grand story and person who coined the term

Answer 34

meta-narratives

Lyotard

Question 35

the denial of the existence or accessibility of any objective reality

Answer 35

anti-realsim

Question 36

the belief that propositions do not mirror reality and should be treated as tools and judged only by their practical consequences

Answer 36

pragmatism

Question 37

a hybrid worldview that incorporates element of postmodernism and Christianity

Answer 37

Christian Postmodernism

Question 38

what is the history between Marxism and postmodernism

Answer 38

Marxists want to get rid of classes and they want freedom from religion
Postmodernists think that classes are are social constructs and they want freedom from religion (they both think it is a way of controlling people)
Postmodernists think that Marxism is just another meta-narrative