Postmodernism

Question 1

Postmoderism’s style

Answer 1

rose after ww2 as people became sceptical of total truth, radical PMs believe history adds nothing & wants to look at philosophy/friction more and moderate PMs believes history just needs to be reformed.

can you find reality? values, experiences, observation, beliefs, feelings, decisions, language etc is not static! they are flux.
Derrida = language is inherently unstable

Question 2

Metanarratives =

Answer 2

coined by Jean Francois Lyotard.
A whole truth that will fix all wrong doings and a big story with smaller stories = sometimes used to justify movements/nation Eg. fascism. Gives culture a purpose. If you doubt metanarrative, you are an outsider - eg civil rights movements.

Question 3

Richard J Evan & Windschuttle’s style

Answer 3

Looked at language & culture at center of historical analysis = so not economy eg to explain events.

Question 4

Keith Jenkins’s style

Answer 4

How do we know historian’s are right and why do we believe them? History is a collection of interpretations.
Historians have prevalues, personality, routines, etc.

and historian interpretations affected by their style choice in sources. and their ideology will.
eg Marxism and looking an economy sources.

and they have pressured to be published so pressure to be different

Question 5

Foucault’s style

Answer 5

knowledge can become common and acceptable. Monarchy & power figures can decide it and their definitions.

eg punk rock challenged normal knowledge and ideas