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"Usurped" as in : never ever there was this much progress in history and linguistic since the postmodern invested the fields, and now that postmodernism is pres
by orwin 5y ago
"Usurped" as in : never ever there was this much progress in history and linguistic since the postmodern invested the fields, and now that postmodernism is present in the archeology field, we have done discoveries that were not even envisionned before. For some reasons it was taken a bridge too far (imo, but i can be wrong, i'm not really interested in the field) in sociology, but still, never read anything better than Bourdieu.
Also, Postmodernism in philosophy and sociology is built against Marxism (and Freudism), so i don't really understand the association here.
- xibalba 5y agoPostmodernism: "Everything is a construct. Everything is relative. There is no base reality or ground truth." Marxism: "Everything is class struggle. There is always, everywhere and in everything an oppressor and an oppressed. The only cure is revolution and ideological purification." While the two may have been at odds at their inception, they now work together, initially in academia, but now, increasingly, everywhere in the U.S. > now that postmodernism is present in the archeology field, we have done discoveries that were not even envisionned before Citation needed.