Postmodern philosophy

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c. since 1967 · Europe · origin: Paris

Incredulity towards grand narratives: truth, reason and the self are historically shaped

Key ideas

• The end of grand narratives of progress and truth (Lyotard)
• Deconstruction of texts (Derrida)
• Knowledge and power are intertwined (Foucault)
• Grew out of structuralism and its critique (post-structuralism)

Key thinkers

• Michel Foucault — French philosopher and historian, 1926–1984
• Jacques Derrida — French philosopher, 1930–2004

Grew out of

• Structuralism c. 1916 – 1980 · Europe
• Phenomenology c. since 1900 · Europe

Meanwhile elsewhere

• Confucianism Asia
• Buddhist philosophy Asia
• Taoism Asia
• Nyaya Asia
• Madhyamaka Asia
• Yogachara Asia
• Chan and Zen Asia
• Advaita Vedanta Asia
• Kalam Middle East
• Pragmatism Americas
• Kyoto School Asia
• Négritude Africa

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