A Postmodernism FAQ: Part I - Introduction

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Time-stamps:
00:45 - Do postmodern philosophers label themselves such or do others give them the title?
03:26 - What is structuralism, poststructuralism, and how are they related to postmodernism?
08:39 - What is the difference between deconstruction and poststructuralism?
08:59 - What are some similarities between postmodern theorists?
13:35 - Is postmodernism relativist?
17:53 - What is postmodernism’s relation to ethics?
20:47 - 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-Francois Lyotard - https://monoskop.org/images/e/e0/Lyotard_Jean-Francois_The_Postmodern_Condition_A_Report_on_Knowledge.pdf, p. xxiv
“Limited Inc.” by Jacques Derrida - http://lab404.com/misc/ltdinc.pdf, p. 137
Ibid., p. 136
“Deleuze and Guattari’s A Thousand Plateaus: A Critical Introduction and Guide” by Brent Adkins - https://www.amazon.com/Deleuze-Guattaris-Thousand-Plateaus-Introductions-ebook/dp/B07BH3P7H7/ref=sr_1_4?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1539581952&sr=1-4&keywords=deleuze+introduction, kindle location 1888

Reading and video recommendations:

“Ferdinand de Saussure: Semiotics and Language” by Simon Obirek - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8QwPmxgv-U
“Animating Poststructuralism” by Christopher Bolton - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a2dLVx8THA
“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?v=8F5PUEbCRQI
“Understanding Derrida, Deconstruction & Of Grammatology” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKJlSY0DBBA

“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 criticism - 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 surrounding 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 Twentieth 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?v=4YY4CTSQ8nY&list=PLD00D35CBC75941BD

“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/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543294716&sr=8-1&keywords=todd+may+foucault
“Gilles Deleuze: An Introduction” by Todd May - https://www.amazon.com/Gilles-Deleuze-Introduction-Todd-May/dp/0521603846/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1543294730&sr=8-1&keywords=todd+may+deleuze

Rick Roderick on “The Self Under Siege” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wetwETy4u0&list=PLA34681B9BE88F5AA
Rick Roderick on “Nietzsche and the Post-Modern Condition” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjFiU9nDQD4&list=PLA20B690583E9931C

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