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He soon began to shift his approach to metatheoretical questions and Critical Theory. By the mid-1980s, Ashley had adopted a postmodernist and subversive approach to international relations theory , exemplified by his influences: Jacques Derrida , Michel Foucault , and Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak .
Clifford Geertz, considered a founding member of postmodernist anthropology, [1] advocates that, “anthropological writings are themselves interpretations, and second and third order ones to boot” [2] In the 21st century, some anthropologists use a form of standpoint theory; a person's perspective in writing and cultural interpretation of ...
[1] [2] Postmodernist thinkers developed concepts like différance, repetition, trace, and hyperreality to subvert "grand narratives", univocity of being, and epistemic certainty. [3] Postmodern philosophy questions the importance of power relationships, personalization, and discourse in the "construction" of truth and world views.
With clarity, concision, and an engaging style, Hicks exposes the historical roots and philosophical assumptions of the postmodernist phenomenon. More than that, he raises key questions about the legacy of postmodernism and its implications for our intellectual attitudes and cultural life.
Postmodernism has received significant criticism for its lack of stable definition and meaning. The term marks a departure from modernism, and may refer to an epoch of human history (see Postmodernity), a set of movements, styles, and methods in art and architecture, or a broad range of scholarship, drawing influence from scholarly fields such as critical theory, post-structuralist philosophy ...
"Postmodernism" is "a highly contested term", [3] referring to "a particularly unstable concept", [4] that "names many different kinds of cultural objects and phenomena in many different ways". [5]
Postmodernity (post-modernity or the postmodern condition) is the economic or cultural state or condition of society which is said to exist after modernity. [nb 1] Some schools of thought hold that modernity ended in the late 20th century – in the 1980s or early 1990s – and that it was replaced by postmodernity, and still others would extend modernity to cover the developments denoted by ...
A research question is "a question that a research project sets out to answer". [1] Choosing a research question is an essential element of both quantitative and qualitative research . Investigation will require data collection and analysis, and the methodology for this will vary widely.