Truth or consequences : the promise & perils of postmodernism /

Erickson, Millard J,

Truth or consequences : the promise & perils of postmodernism / [print] Millard J. Erickson. - Downers Grove, Illinois : InterVarsity Press, (c)2001. - 335 pages ; 23 cm.



An introduction to postmodernism : three sketches -- Premodernism -- Modernism -- Nineteenth-century precursors to postmodernism -- Twentieth-century transitions to postmodernism -- Jacques Derrida -- Michel Foucault -- Richard Rorty -- Stanley Fish -- Positive evaluation of postmodernism -- Negative evaluation of postmodernism -- The nature of truth -- Assessing the truth -- The Christian story as metanarrative -- The kingdom of God as ultimate community -- Making the transition to postpostmodernism.



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Postmodernism--Social aspects.

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