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Postmodernism Test UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Premodern- - CORRECT ANSWER- > to 1600 AD Revelation is the foundation Modern- - CORRECT ANSWER- 1600 to 1960 AD Science comes to forefront Postmodern- - CORRECT ANSWER- 1960 to ? Experience is most important John stonestreet sp...

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Questions and CORRECT Answers

Premodern- - CORRECT ANSWER- > to 1600 AD Revelation is the foundation


Modern- - CORRECT ANSWER- 1600 to 1960 AD Science comes to forefront


Postmodern- - CORRECT ANSWER- 1960 to ? Experience is most important


John stonestreet speaks of the Wexner Center of Performing Arts, the first postmodern
building. On which University campus is this building located? - CORRECT ANSWER- The
Ohio State


The "Godfather" of the postmodernists, who proclaimed in the Parable of the Madman that
"God is dead, and we have killed him." - CORRECT ANSWER- Fredrich Nietzche


This American postmodernist philosopher think that truth is a social construct and we need to
abandon objective truth and engage in the "hermeneutic conversation." - CORRECT
ANSWER- Richard Rorty


This French deconstructionist who dismantled text, asserting that words do not have any
fixed meaning; there is no real meaning in any text. - CORRECT ANSWER- Jacques Derrida


As a homosexual, this French critic believed that language is violence and has been used to
oppress others and in particular language has been used to oppress sexuality. - CORRECT
ANSWER- Michael Foucault


WORKS:
Fredrick Nietzche - CORRECT ANSWER- Philosophy and the mirror of nature


WORKS:
Jacques Derrida - CORRECT ANSWER- Madness and civilization

, WORKS:
Michael Foucault - CORRECT ANSWER- Beyond good and evil


WORKS:
Richard Rorty - CORRECT ANSWER- Of grammatology


Post modernists reject any overarching story. It has been said that they have an "incredulity
toward all __________." - CORRECT ANSWER- metanarratives


3 Forms that evolutionary theory takes: - CORRECT ANSWER- a. Classical Darwinism: the
gradual process of changes in species by means of natural selection or survival of the fittest.


b. Neo-darwinism: expanding on Darwin's original theory of natural selection include change
by genetic mutation.


c. Punctuated equilibrium: evolutionary change happens abruptly in small isolated
populations.


Postmodernism is anti-science and began among ______ _____ ___ __________. -
CORRECT ANSWER- literary critics and philosophers


What is the difference between the traditional understanding of the psyche or soul and the
postmodern understanding? - CORRECT ANSWER- The traditional idea of an immaterial
should as being the setoff our personal identity has been replaced with the postmodern notion
of socially constructed selves.


A theory of multiple socially constructed selves provides a way for those living in a
postmodern world to adjust to the reality of their condition. What is the concept of a Socially
Constructed Self? - CORRECT ANSWER- The socially constructed self is the belief that
one's identity is constantly changing as a result of ever-changing social factors.


Many postmodern socialists consider marriage the greatest of evils. Instead, they opt for
sexual egalitarianism. What does this mean? - CORRECT ANSWER- Sexual egalitarianism

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