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postmodernism

postmodernism. postmodernism. postmodernism. Marilynn Hawkins Sherryle Mathis. postmodernism a style of thought which is suspicious of classical notions of truth, reason, identity, and objectivity

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postmodernism

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  1. postmodernism postmodernism postmodernism Marilynn Hawkins Sherryle Mathis

  2. postmodernism • a style of thought which is suspicious of classical notions of truth, reason, identity, and objectivity • rejects metaphysics and the Enlightenment’s ideological claims that there is one method and approach to rationality

  3. 1950 Entry Level Job Skills 60% Unskilled 20% Skilled 20% Professional

  4. 2000 Entry Level Job Skills 65% Skilled 20% Professional 15% Unskilled

  5. Michel Foucault • Archeology of Knowledge • Power • Knowledge • Discourse knowledge is an expression of power rather than an expression of truth • (1926-1984)

  6. Ship of Fools Bosh c. 1490-1500

  7. One Room School House St. Tammany Parish

  8. Ages and Grades Separated Lyon High School Covington, LA 1925

  9. Covington High School 2003 1650 high school aged students

  10. Jacques Derrida • Deconstruction • -a method of reading • with its own specific • rules and protocols • -practice of taking • apart a piece of writing • to show the meaning • of the word differs from • the word itself (1930 - )

  11. Jacques Derrida French philosopher whose critique of Western philosophy and analyses of the nature of language, writing, and meaning were highly controversial yet immensely influential in much of the intellectual world in the late 20th century. “Jacques Derrida." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2004. Encyclopædia Britannica Premium Service.18 Apr. 2004

  12. Jean-François Lyotard The Postmodern Condition;A Report on Knowledge 1979 1924-1998

  13. Lyotard defines postmodernism as “incredulity toward metanarrative.” “grand” “stories”

  14. Richard Rorty Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature • Neo-pragmatist • liberal ideas • social changes can happen • through democratic means. (1931-)

  15. Jean Baudrillard • Hyperreality • Simulation (1929 - )

  16. Jean Baudrillard'Finalities of Change' (2002) European Graduate School

  17. The Matrix 1999 Simulacra & Simulation

  18. Crucial role of the Teacher To Help Students: • take personal and social responsibility for their futures • develop identity and a sense of historical place • to go beyond the mere transmittal of received knowledge

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