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00:45 – Do postmodern philosophers call themselves this or do others give them this title?
03:26 – What is structuralism, poststructuralism and how do they relate to postmodernism?
08:39 – What is the difference between deconstruction and poststructuralism?
08:59 – What are the similarities between postmodern theorists?
1:35 p.m. – Is postmodernism relativist?
17:53 – What is the relationship between postmodernism and ethics?
8:47 p.m. – General reading suggestions
22:17 – Is an understanding of psychoanalysis necessary?
23:24 – How do religious studies and postmodernism intersect?
Quotes cited in order:
“The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge” by Jean-François Lyotard – https://monoskop.org/images/e/e0/Lyotard_Jean-Francois_The_Postmodern_Condition_A_Report_on_Knowledge.pdf, p. XXIV
“Limitée Inc.” by Jacques Derrida – http://lab404.com/misc/ltdinc.pdf, p. 137
Ibid., p. 136
“Deleuze and Guattari's Thousand Plateaus: A Critical Introduction and Guide” by Brent Adkins – https://www.amazon.com/Deleuze-Guattaris-Thousand-Plateaus-Introductions-ebook/dp/B07BH3P7H7/refsr_1_4?sdigital- text&ieUTF8&qid1539581952&sr1- 4&keywordsdeleuzeintroduction, Kindle location 1888
Reading and video recommendations:
“Ferdinand de Saussure: Semiotics and language” by Simon Obirek – https://www.youtube.com/watch?va8QwPmxgv-U
“Animating Poststructuralism” by Christopher Bolton – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v6a2dLVx8THA
“Structuralism and Semiotics” by Terrence Hawkes – https://monoskop.org/images/3/38/Hawkes_Terence_Structuralism_and_Semiotics_2003.pdf
“Literary Theory” by Terry Eagleton – https://mthoyibi.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/literary-theory_an-introduction_terry-eagleton.pdf
“Poststructuralism: a very short introduction” by Catherine Belsey – https://www.amazon.com/Poststructuralism-Short-Introduction-Catherine-Belsey/dp/0192801805
My video "Sonic Adventure 2 – A postmodern analysis" – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v8F5PUEbCRQI
“Understanding Derrida, deconstruction and grammatology” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?vHKJlSY0DBBA
“Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature” by Richard Rorty – https://pages.uoregon.edu/koopman/courses_readings/rorty/rorty_PMN_full.pdf
On Sokal and Bricmont:
6.3 on this article has a brief response to Sokal's criticisms – https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/deleuze/
Response to Sokal's criticism of Lacan – http://www.alphavillle.com/avillle/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ap-lacan-and-math-Plotnitsky1.pdf
An exchange between a literary theorist and a mathematician on Derrida (who was not included in Fashionable Nonsense but was attacked in general around the science wars) – http://www.pomoculture.org/2013/09/21 /an-exchange-richard-crew-and-arkady-plotnitsky/
/"The Continental Ethics Reader" edited by Matthew Calarco – https://www.amazon.com/Continental-Ethics-Reader-Matthew-Calarco/dp/0415943302
“French philosophy in the 20th century” by Gary Gutting – https://www.amazon.com/French-Philosophy-Twentieth-Century-Gutting/dp/0521662125
“Postmodernism for Beginners” by Jim Powell – https://www.amazon.com/Postmodernism-Beginners-Jim-Powell/dp/1934389099
“Teach Yourself Postmodernism” by Glenn Ward – https://www.amazon.com/Teach-Yourself-Postmodernism-Glenn-Ward/dp/0071419659
Yale Lectures on Literary Theory – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v4YY4CTSQ8nY&listPLD00D35CBC75941BD
“Derrida and Negative Theology” edited by Harold Coward – https://www.amazon.com/Derrida-Negative-Theology-Harold-Coward/dp/0791409643
“Jacques Derrida: Key Concepts” edited by Claire Colebrook – https://www.amazon.com/Jacques-Derrida-Concepts-Claire-Colebrook/dp/1844655903
“The Philosophy of Foucault” by Todd May – https://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Foucault-Continental-European/dp/0773531696/refsr_1_1?ieUTF8&qid1543294716&sr8-1&keywordstoddmayfoucault
“Gilles Deleuze: An Introduction” by Todd May – https://www.amazon.com/Gilles-Deleuze-Introduction-Todd-May/dp/0521603846/refsr_1_1?ieUTF8&qid1543294730&sr8-1&keywordstoddmaydeleuze
Rick Roderick on “The Self Under Siege” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v4wetwETy4u0&listPLA34681B9BE88F5AA
Rick Roderick on “Nietzsche and the post-modern condition” – https://www.youtube.com/watch?vkjFiU9nDQD4&listPLA20B690583E9931C
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