Postmodernism Test question n answers graded A+ 2023/2024

Postmodernism Test Premodern- - correct answer > to 1600 AD Revelation is the foundation Modern- - correct answer 1600 to 1960 AD Science comes to forefront Postmodern- - correct answer 1960 to ? Experience is most important John Stonestreet speaks of the Wexner Center of Performing Arts, the first postmodern building. On which University campus is this building located? - correct answer The Ohio State The "Godfather" of the postmodernists, who proclaimed in the Parable of the Madman that "God is dead, and we have killed him." - correct answer Fredrich Nietzsche This American postmodernist philosopher think that truth is a social construct and we need to abandon objective truth and engage in the "hermeneutic conversation." - correct answer Richard Rorty This French deconstructionist who dismantled text, asserting that words do not have any fixed meaning; there is no real meaning in any text. - correct answer Jacques Derrida As a homosexual, this French critic believed that language is violence and has been used to oppress others and in particular language has been used to oppress sexuality. - correct answer Michael Foucault WORKS: Fredrick Nietzche - correct answer Philosophy and the mirror of nature WORKS: Jacques Derrida - correct answer Madness and civilization WORKS: Michael Foucault - correct answer Beyond good and evil WORKS: Richard Rorty - correct answer Of grammatology Post modernists reject any overarching story. It has been said that they have an "incredulity toward all __________." - correct answer metanarratives 3 Forms that evolutionary theory takes: - correct answer a. Classical Darwinism: the gradual process of changes in species by means of natural selection or survival of the fittest. b. Neo-darwinism: expanding on Darwin's original theory of natural selection include change by genetic mutation. c. Punctuated equilibrium: evolutionary change happens abruptly in small isolated populations. Postmodernism is anti-science and began among ______ _____ ___ __________. - correct answer literary critics and philosophers What is the difference between the traditional understanding of the psyche or soul and the postmodern understanding? - correct answer The traditional idea of an immaterial should as being the setoff our personal identity has been replaced with the postmodern notion of socially constructed selves. A theory of multiple socially constructed selves provides a way for those living in a postmodern world to adjust to the reality of their condition. What is the concept of a Socially Constructed Self? - correct answer The socially constructed self is the belief that one's identity is constantly changing as a result of ever-changing social factors. Many postmodern socialists consider marriage the greatest of evils. Instead, they opt for sexual egalitarianism. What does this mean? - correct answer Sexual egalitarianism is the belief that sexual practices- which are based on preference and sexual identity (or polymorphous sexualities) and not physical characteristics- are equal.