For our purpose of understanding postmodernism, Richard Rorty’s views are important because he is the leading American postmodernist.....
L'essai "Objectivité ou solidarité" de Richard Rorty est une étude de cas sur l'utilisation de fausses alternatives à des fins rhétoriques. L'essai commence par
My primary assignment in this post is to comment on Jacques Derrida’s lecture “Cogito and the History of Madness.” So, I will begin with...
For Derrida, structuralism is not a 20th century phenomenon but is rather only one instantiation of the history of western metaphysics. At
The following is a summary of Derrida’s thought as presented in Part I, Chapter 1, of his book Of Grammatology. This book is apparently the
L'essai de Will Thomas capture une grande partie de l'essence de cette œuvre très difficile de Derrida. J'ai particulièrement apprécié ses commentaires sur la décon
I was quite impressed with David L. Potts’s review of Foucault, as I was impressed with the criticisms he raised against my own discussion..
The first impulse a reader is likely to have upon starting to read chapter 10 is to close the book in dismay and disgust. The sentences appe
In his outstanding review essay , Roger Donway makes several references to things’ identities being “artificial.” By this he seems to mean
Malgré les difficultés à saisir l'agenda global de Foucault - en partie parce qu'il est si étranger à celui de l'objectivisme et en partie parce qu'il n'y a pas d'autre choix que celui de l'objectivisme.
Ce commentaire fait partie du "CyberSéminaire" en ligne organisé par l'Atlas Society en 1999 et intitulé "Les origines continentales du postmodernisme".
Si je comprends bien, Foucault est l'un des créateurs les plus connus du postmodernisme. Il a été influencé par Hegel et Nietzsche, et il a
Pour interpréter correctement les déclarations de [Michel] Foucault dans L'histoire de la sexualité : An Introduction ("HSI", Vintage Books, 1990 ; première publication en anglais).
Postmodern: adj. Of or relating to art, architecture, or literature that reacts against earlier modernist principles, as by reintroducing...
Roger Donway, like Bryan did earlier, tries to read Heidegger’s argument charitably. Roger sees Heidegger’s argument as an attempt to demons
Objectivism holds that each person should be responsible for himself, and be free to live as he judges best. This doesn't preclude charity..
"Midas Mulligan", dit l'ombre qui accoste l'éminent banquier dans Atlas Shrugged d'Ayn Rand.
My chief role on this script—as on scripts from previous projects—was to review the script before it was finalized and flag anything
When I was a (much!) younger philosophy student, I used to argue vehemently with people who accepted the then very fashionable doctrine of c
