Erickson, Millard J.

Truth or Consequences : The Promise & Perils of Postmodernism / Millard J. Erickson - Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, 2001 - 335 p. ; 23 cm.

An introduction to postmodernism : three sketches -- Premodernism -- Modernism -- Nineteenth-century precursors to postmodernism -- Twentieth-century transitions to postmodernism -- Jacques Derrida -- Michel Foucault -- Richard Rorty -- Stanley Fish -- Positive evaluation of postmodernism -- Negative evaluation of postmodernism -- The nature of truth -- Assessing the truth -- The Christian story as metanarrative -- The kingdom of God as ultimate community -- Making the transition to postpostmodernism.

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Postmodernism—Social aspects.

HM449 / .E75 2001