Chapter 7: Postmodernism

Question 1

a skeptical worldview, founded as a recation to modernism, that is suspicious of metanarratives and teaches that ultimate reality is inaccessible, knowledge is a social construct and truth claims are political power plays

Answer 1

postmodernism

Question 2

a movement characterized by a strong belief in human reason, empiricism, science, and technological progress, as well as skepticism toward religion

Answer 2

modernism

Question 3

the view that the world and human existence are without meaning, purpose, comprehensible truth, or essential value

Answer 3

nihilism

Question 4

a group of people who practiced constructing persuasive arguments regardless of whether or not they were true

Answer 4

sophists

Question 5

an intellectual movement that believes human knowledge is not based on an accurate understanding of reality but is the product of linguistically constructed forms or grammars that societies have developed over time

Answer 5

structuralism

Question 6

an intellectual movement that contends human communication is not really about things but about the views and motivations of those involved in the consequences

Answer 6

poststructualism

Question 7

a method of litterary analysis that seeks to expose the purported underlying ideologies of a text

Answer 7

deconstruction

Question 8

denial of absolute truth

Answer 8

subjectivity

Question 9

a single overarching interpretation, or grand story, or reality

Answer 9

metanarrative

Question 10

the denial of the existance or accesibility of an objective reality

Answer 10

anti-relaism

Question 11

a pattern of ideas, beliefs, convictions, and habits

Answer 11

worldview

Question 12

the belief that propositions do not mirror reality and should therefore be treated as tools and judged only by their practical consequences

Answer 12

pragmatism

Question 13

a hybrid worldview that incorporates elements of postmodern philosophy and Christian theology

Answer 13

Christian Postmodernism