A Heideggerian response to the leading critiques against postmodernism

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2011
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Abstract
This dissertation addressed the main problem, “how can Heideggerian philosophy defend the meaningfulness and sense of postmodernism against the critiques of Calle, Chomsky and Sokal,” which has sub-problems: “what are the specific critiques of Calle, Chomsky, and Sokal against the postmodern,” and “what aspects of Heideggerian philosophy can defend postmodernism.” Through the second and the third chapters of this dissertation, the researcher was able to preliminarily lay down the answers for the main problem, and is now ready to conclude the whole project. The first sub-question was answered by the second chapter of this dissertation: namely, 1) concerning the information overload of postmodernity, which contained three sub-critiques, a) concerning the loss of meaning amidst the information overload, b) concerning the destruction of the foundations of moral values due to the loss of meaning, c) concerning the apathy and non-emotionalism of the postmodern individuals due their information over-stimulation; 2) concerning the rebelliousness and incredulity of the postmodern individuals; and 3) concerning the hyperreality of the symbols that otherwise unite societies into action and progress. Secondly, the two critiques of Chomsky were examined: namely, 1) concerning the foundations of postmodern moralities that are shaken to their very core because of postmodernity’s preference for provisionality, instability, performance, and fragmentation; and 2) concerning postmodernity’s deficiency due to its lack of unifying and functional theories. Thirdly, the lone critique of Sokal was concerning the bewildering multidimensionality of the postmodern individual that created negative impact to the modern epistemologies, politics, moralities, etc. The second sub-problem was answered in the second chapter by Heideggerian concepts and systems of thought that are helpful in refuting or neutralizing the critiques formulated by Calle, Chomsky, and Sokal. These are: 1) historicity, 2) the highest Idea: the Good, 3) Sorge, 4) temporality, 5) human work, 6) the nature of Dasein-as-Being-inthe-world, 7) enowning, 8) weaknesses and errors, and 9) diverse levels and categories of truths and essences. For Chomsky’s second critique, that emphasized on postmodernity’s deficiency in terms of theories as his basis in declaring that it is meaningless and senseless, the Heideggerian concepts of historicity and the highest idea: the Good were utilized as the key ideas for two counter-arguments. Heidegger’s philosophy has shown that theories might be necessary for modernity, but not necessarily for postmodernity, and that even without cognitive theories postmodern individuals can still be motivated to search for good from their experiential discovery of what goodness means for
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Authors Julian, Wilhelm Alfredo
Journal Malay Journal
Year 2011
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