Life after God : : an encounter with postmodernism / / Mark Bevir.

• Superior document: Studies in Moral Philosophy ; 16
• VerfasserIn: Bevir, Mark,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, Massachusetts : : Brill,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in Moral Philosophy ; 16.; Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2022.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (274 pages)
• Other title: Preliminary Material /; Copyright Page /; Epigraph /; Preface /; Acknowledgements /; Chapter 1 Lived Practice /; Chapter 2 On Modernity /; Chapter 3 On Structuralism /; Chapter 4 On the Avant-Garde /; Chapter 5 On Knowledge /; Chapter 6 On Subjectivity /; Chapter 7 On the Human Sciences /; Chapter 8 On Critique /; Chapter 9 On Universalism /; Chapter 10 On Community /; Chapter 11 Historicism and Humanism /; Bibliography /; Index /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9789004513556; 9789004513549
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Mark Bevir.

In this volume, Mark Bevir argues that postfoundationalism is compatible with humanism and historicism. He shows how postmodernists, especially Derrida and Foucault, drew on structuralism and the avant-garde in ways that led them to downplay human agency and historical context. He then explores how we today might recover and rethink humanism and historicism. And, finally, he discusses the critical and ethical practices that such ideas might inspire.