Age of Narratives and the Postmodern Democratic Political Regime
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The Problem With Post-Modernism
"Post-modernism is actually a philosophy hostile to all of modernity and the pillars that hold it up," says Foucault. "It's exactly the kind of anti-enlightenment thinking that could spark a new dark age if it has the power or gets it, or more accurately if it keeps succeeding in eroding the powers that are keeping the lights on." Derrida even wrote a book called Spectres of Marxism in which he explained the need to transcend Marxism. 'What post means here is that they were big but disillusioned fans.'
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