UTT Videos: Postmodernism P1-P2

Question 1

Pre-modern (?-1600)

Answer 1

Knowledge = Revelation + Reason + Experience

Question 2

Modern (1600-1960)

Answer 2

Knowledge = Reason + Experience

Question 3

Postmodern (1960-?)

Answer 3

Knowledge - Personal Experience

Question 4

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)

Answer 4

Godfather of Postmodernism; “[belief in] God is dead.”; truth is an illusion.

Question 5

Jacques Derrida (1930-2004)

Answer 5

Deconstruction: no objective meaning to any text—only interpretations.

Question 6

Michel Foucault (1926-1984)

Answer 6

”Language is violence.” It’s a tool used to oppress others.

Question 7

Postmodernism rejects…

Answer 7

1. Essentialism (belief that essences exist)
2. Metanarratives (any universal story, explanation, or worldview)
3. Traditional Logic (“the world doesn’t make sense, so neither do my beliefs need to.”)

Question 8

Parts of Postmodernism Christianity can agree with…

Answer 8

1. Modernism is flawed (reason can’t save us)
2. Community is important (individualism can be harmful)
3. Knowledge is impossible without God