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Except that Wittgenstein and much of Analytic Philosophy was already there 75 years ago and was largely ignored by Foucault, Derrida and others. Wittgenstein i
by sien 8y ago
Except that Wittgenstein and much of Analytic Philosophy was already there 75 years ago and was largely ignored by Foucault, Derrida and others.
Wittgenstein is all about trying to work out how language works.
Postmodernism combines Nietzsche and Marx and then looks at text but ignores people who had been looking at text philosophically for decades.
- ThomPete 8y agoI don't think Wittgenstein was ignored (especially not his later work) they just had different goals. You could equally claim that all postmodern philosophy is really just Zen Buddhism reinterpreted. I don't think it takes anything away from anyone.
- sien 8y agoHowever, since there was a significant form of textual analysis that predates Postmodernism it shows that forms of textual analysis have had later philosophical movements. It also shows that Postmodernism itself is the second form of textual analysis in recent times which indicates that it is unlikely to be the final form of philosophy. The other point about Postmodernism is that while texts are meant to be reinterpreted in any way the reality is that shallow readings of who the author was and what they like to do in the bedroom has been the primary result.
- ThomPete 8y agoNot it doesent show that. The “conclusions” are more or less the same and non have had further developments inside their respective frameworks. I.e there isnt any critique of postmodernism that takes it further only back, there isnt any critique of zenbuddism that takes it further etc.