Postmodernism: WTF? An introduction to Postmodernist Theory | Tom Nicholas

What is postmodernism? This is certainly my most requested What the Theory? video yet. In it, I hope to provide an introduction to postmodernist theory and postmodernist philosophy. Along the way, we'll look at simulacra and Baudrillard's concepts of a simulacrum and hyperreality as well as Wittengenstein's concept of language-games.

There are few places online where you can find postmodernism explained simply and clearly. It's a complex theory (as perhaps is made obvious by the length of this video) but, ss always with What the Theory? I hope its the start of such a resource, particularly with so many misconceptions of postmodernism running about online of late.

Further Reading

Postmodernism, or, the Cultural Logic of Late-Capitalism by Fredric Jameson
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Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction by Christopher Butler
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Furthermore, while I find the Stanford Encylopedia of Philosophy entry for postmodernism to be far less helpfull than other (usually its pretty ace), here's the link to that if you want to check it out: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/postmodernism/

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Następny odcinek

S02E07 - Marxist Literary Criticism: WTF? An Introduction to Marxism and Culture