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Postmodernism as a Completion of Phenomenology and Hermeneutics

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The Origins of Life

Part of the book series: Analecta Husserliana ((ANHU,volume 67))

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Despite ordinary opinions as well as judgements made by some critical thinkers, today’s state of research and knowledge allows us to make the categorical statement that postmodern is nowadays a fully formed current of contemporary philosophy. According to the systematics accepted in the Polish school of philosophical theory,1 considering current research on postmodernism, it is possible to talk about its creators, both in terms of their life and of their works, and convictions distinctive to this trend, treating them dynamically in their as yet unfinished progress, and — what is more significant — considering the opposition against them. To fulfil this model, designed by Tatarkiewicz, of describing philosophical phenomena, it is necessary to identify the ideological predecessors of a particular current. Even from this perspective postmodern does not differ at all from other philosophical trends, although its antagonists — especially those without very deep philosophical backgrounds — willingly affirm that postmodernism is a manifestation of nihilism and ethical-moral relativism, completely uprooted from the broader context of the history of human thought, or only a bunch of wranglers’ intellectual prank with no connection to the process of philosophical progress. It is necessary to state in a peremptory manner, along the lines of more and more thinkers, that postmodernism is a tendency which is deeply rooted in the history of philosophy, which is directly related to lots of previous trends, and which draws inspiration from the works of at least a few great contemporary thinkers.

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Gulda, P. (2000). Postmodernism as a Completion of Phenomenology and Hermeneutics. In: Tymieniecka, AT. (eds) The Origins of Life. Analecta Husserliana, vol 67. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4058-4_31

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