What Postmodernism Rejects

90. Modern vs. Postmodern (vs. Metamodern) Philosophy w/ Stephen Hicks

Philosopher and professor Dr. Stephen Hicks returns for a discussion about integrating critiques of the modern project and the Enlightenment ideals on which it is based. Are postmodern challenges already contained within modern philosophy or do they represent a dialectical shift beyond it in some meaningful way? Is postmodernism defined by its skepticism or by the nature of the problems it poses? Is the modern narrative of Progress undermined by the reality of the global metacrisis or can modernity self-correct? A spirited discussion exploring these questions from a modern (Hicks) vs. metamodern (Dempsey) perspective.0:00 Introduction0:42 The Quality of Modern Enlightenment Thought7:14 Where is the Dialectic? Integrating Critiques of Modernity20:27 The Question of Epistemic Pluralism35:38 The Question of Power-Knowledge and Cultural Relativism45:35 Modern Progress and the Metacrisis1:00:27 The Modern Individual vs. a Relational World1:05:39 Conclusion