Postmodern Thoery (from Chapter 1)

Question 1

What is postmodern theory?

Answer 1

Seeks to include a diversity of voices, especially those that are often drowned out by powerful voice of dominant groups (white, heterosexual, middle class and upper-class men)

Question 2

What 3 concepts did Michel Foucault coin?

Answer 2

1. Discourses
2. Totalitarian
3. Totalitarian discourse

Question 3

What are discourses?

Answer 3

Are distinct ways of speaking about some element of reality

Question 4

What is totalitarian?

Answer 4

It describes a set of beliefs or ideas that dominates (“totally”) all others

Question 5

What is totalitarian discourse?

Answer 5

Refers to any universal claim about how knowledge or understanding is achieved