Truth or consequences : the promise & perils of postmodernism /

Erickson, Millard J.

Truth or consequences : the promise & perils of postmodernism / Millard J. Erickson. - Downers Grove, Ill. : InterVarsity Press, c2001. - 335 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

An introduction to postmodernism : three sketches -- Premodernism -- Modernism -- Nineteenth-century precursors to postmodernism -- Twentieth-century transitions to postmodernism -- Jacques Derrida -- Michel Foucault -- Richard Rorty -- Stanley Fish -- Positive evaluation of postmodernism -- Negative evaluation of postmodernism -- The nature of truth -- Assessing the truth -- The Christian story as metanarrative -- The kingdom of God as ultimate community -- Making the transition to postpostmodernism.

0830826572 (paper : alk. paper)

2001026464


Postmodernism--Social aspects.

HM 449 / .E75 2001