Who among the following are postmodernist thinkers?

A. Michel Foucault

B. Levi Strauss

C. Jean Francois Lyotard

D. John Rawls

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Answer 1

Postmodernism is an intellectual position or method of discourse that dates back to the 17th century against the Enlightenment.

Key Points

It was a method of literary criticism and debate that discussed the nature of literary texts, meaning, author and reader, writing, and reading.
Postmodernism denies the existence of objectively rational knowledge.
Postmodernism denies the existence of unmediated reality or objectively rational knowledge, claiming that all interpretations are reliant on the viewpoint.
Scholars of Post-Modernism: Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Jean-François Lyotard, Richard Rorty, Jean Baudrillard, Fredric Jameson, Douglas Kellner.
Lyotard his book The Postmodern Condition, define postmodernism as scepticism towards metanarratives.

Thus, Michel Foucault and Jean Francois Lyotard are postmodernist thinkers.

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Postmodernists are sceptical of explanations that claim to be valid for all groups, cultures, traditions, or races, and instead, focus on the relative truths of each individual.