Explaining Postmodernism.

 

A provocative explanation of why postmodernism was the most vigorous intellectual movement of the 20th century. Philosopher Stephen Hicks explores European thought from Rousseau to Foucault to trace the path of relativistic ideas from their inception to their apex in... the second half of the last century. "Explaining Postmodernism" is a polemical history that offers a fresh perspective on the debates surrounding political correctness, multiculturalism, and the future of liberal democracy, as well as telling us how progressive leftists, looking to the future with optimism, became apologists for anti-science and cynicism, and why their influence remains significant among contemporary philosophers.