Lectures on Postmodernist Philosophy

Author: Gao Xuanhang
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: This book is a collaborative research (achievement) by Chinese and foreign authors and is a pioneering work on postmodernist philosophy in China. It conducts a comprehensive and systematic study of postmodernist philosophy, which emerged and flourished in France. The content is rich and the data is detailed, making it a valuable reference for studying postmodernism and postmodernist philosophy. This book is a collaborative research (achievement) by Chinese and foreign authors and is a pioneering work on postmodernist philosophy in China. It conducts a comprehensive and systematic study of postmodernist philosophy, which emerged and flourished in France. The content is rich and the data is detailed, making it a valuable reference for studying postmodernism and postmodernist philosophy.
The term "postmodernist philosophy" emerged between the late 1970s and early 1980s. French philosophers such as Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, Jean-Fran?ois Lyotard, and Jean Baudrillard elevated discussions about postmodern cultural forms in North America to a deeper, broader, and more comprehensive philosophical level, thus forming "postmodernist philosophy." This book approaches the thoughts of several French postmodernist philosophers directly, clarifying the fundamental characteristics, intellectual origins, and main doctrines of postmodernist philosophy from an academic perspective. It aims to provide readers with a clearer understanding of what constitutes the core content of postmodernist philosophy and what the major postmodernist philosophers actually said and wrote, thereby avoiding the tendency to engage in vague, bubble-like hype about postmodernist philosophy. The book is divided into four parts: Introduction; Part 1, General Theory of Postmodernist Philosophy; Part 2, Direct Intellectual Sources of Postmodernist Philosophy; Part 3, Main Representatives of Postmodernist Philosophy.