Comments on: Quick. Define Postmodernism!

By: Eric Lee

Eric Lee — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:17:54 +0000

Well, it would be nice if Christians (in the States at least), following Zizek, adopted some sort of Marxist/Socialist spirit, but you don’t really need Zizek for that. Regarding Zizek himself, I’ve read a decent amount of him now, and aside from, say, some of his on-the-ground critique of certain things, I can’t imagine that his metaphysics would ever be taken up by orthodox Christianity any time soon. His project works well with a “death of God” theology, though. But I’m not really one to attempt to foretell reception history…

By: adhunt

adhunt — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:41:29 +0000

Many of the Continental thinkers are just glorified Hume’ists. I’m not going to propose an alternative epistemology, I just want to get down to some nitty gritty because I tire of all the confusion.

One hears conservatives rail on PM without having read a page and you have “Emergents,” ironically, doing the same thing. Nobody is an academic anymore.

By: jstambaugh

jstambaugh — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:58:23 +0000

I almost forgot. Since Christianity seems to be in the pattern of embracing an epistemological system a decade or two after it was in academic vogue, does that mean that in a few years we’ll be embracing Zizek and these other neo-marxists (or post-marxists, or whatever they’re called)? Maybe that would coincide with a resurgence in liberation theology?

Just to be a pratt, I don’t talk about post-modernism, I call it post-modernity. I think it makes me sound more Continental

By: jstambaugh

jstambaugh — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 05:52:56 +0000

Tony wrote: “Not being one finishing up an MA in Philosophical Theology @ Nottingham I cannot talk about philospohy or theology with any amount of acumen…”

Simon replied: “Yeah, absolutely. I’d agree with everything you just wrote Tony.”

A beautifully executed “British” insult, or unintentional burn? It’s hilarious either way.

By: Simon

Simon — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:38:12 +0000

Yeah, absolutely. I’d agree with everything you just wrote Tony.

By: Pomo « יהוה מלך

Pomo « יהוה מלך — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:53:56 +0000

[...] (HT: Tony) [...]

By: adhunt

adhunt — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:02:26 +0000

Simon,

That may well be quite true. Not being one finishing up an MA in Philosophical Theology @ Nottingham I cannot talk about philosophy or theology with any amount of acumen. But isn’t it true that there are still certain critiques by the Parisian trio that are taken up – even in modified form – by “modern” continental thinkers?

And would not even Badiou et. al. be considered “Post” the-”Modern”-narrative of Cartesian comprehensive objectivity?