Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Postmodernism: An introduction -- PART ONE: Founding Propositions -- Introduction -- 1 Answering the Question: What is postmodernism? -- 2 Note on the Meaning of 'Post-' -- 3 The Entry into Postmodernity: Nietzsche as a turning point -- 4 Postmodernism, or The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism -- PART TWO: Modernity Complete and Incomplete -- Introduction -- 5 Modernity - An Incomplete Project -- 6 The Structure of Artistic Revolutions -- 7 The Last Days of Liberalism
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An outline of the parameters of the debate over postmodernism that has come to influence a wide variety of disciplines. Postmodernism partisans, eg, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida) are precipitant in their rejection of the values of modernity -- values that crystallize around the notion of the rational autonomous individual. Recent aesthetic controversies over postmodernism are treated. The importance of sociological systems theory (eg, Niklas Luhmann) is stressed as the hidden sociohistorical basis of postmodernist discussions of the "end of reason," the "end of the individual," etc. AA
Offers a defence of the continuing validity of the ideals of equality and enlightenment. Argues that the new relativism is inimical to advancement of social justice wherever the latter encounters entrenched traditional obstacles, as the struggle for women's equality certainly does. (Abstract amended)
This paper explores the growing critique of postmodernism within organization studies. It first outlines central aspects of this critique, such as the allegation that postmodernism tends towards a reactionary stance, its dubious epochal status and the incompatibility of postmodernist epistemology with `serious' organizational analysis. The paper pays particular attention to the conflict between postmodern epistemology and the need for action, since it is argued that this remains a central dilemma created by postmodernist debates. Feminist discourse is drawn on in order to examine the difficulties, as well as the possibilities, of squaring postmodern epistemology with action. The remainder of the paper focuses on the critique of postmodernism within organization studies, and relates this critique to the work of feminist writers.
In this article, I discuss the implications of postmodernism on religious thought, with special reference to Islamic thought. Firstly, I discuss the nature and characteristics of postmodernist thinking, and the different schools of thought/'postmodernisms' that fall under that rubric. My contention is that postmodernism is a response to modernism rather than religion, although it has implications on religious thought. Secondly, I examine and compare the points of contention between modernism and post-modernism. I then argue that the differences are largely due to the privileging of nature and reasoning of modernists and the privileging of human/social and psychology of postmodernists. These, in turn, have implications on their metaphysics and epistemology, respectively. Thirdly, I provide an Islamic perspective on the modernist-postmodernist discourse, showing that the Islamic perspective transcends the natural-social divide, and how the tripartite relationship between God, man and nature, informs the discourse. The philosophy of language is also brought up in the discussion, where I suggest that Islam accepts the dual role of languages, that is, conveying the meaning in its literal sense (aka modernist), as well as being a symbol and an indirect reference (aka postmodernist). Finally, a close comparison is made between postmodernism and Islam, where both their incompatibilities as well as possible points of convergence are discussed.
IN A PREVIOUS ARTICLE, THE AUTHOR IDENTIFIED POSTMODERNISM AS THE CULTURAL LOGIC OF LATE CAPITALISM. IN THIS ESSAY, HE REPLIES TO CRITICS OF HIS POSITION AND CONTINUES HIS ATTEMPT TO ANALYZE THE SYSTEMIC COHERENCE OF A SOCIAL AND CULTURAL PHENOMENON THAT SPURNS ANY TOTALIZING AMBITION.
