2006-09-06 16:00:19 · 4 answers · asked by worldpeace 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Yes. To the extent that poststructuralism challenges dominant taken-for-granted discourses which mainly take their authority from their privileged and entrenched positions it is. Also poststructuralism is very useful because it takes very seriously the idea of digging through possible and actual layers of meaning, and making you aware that not everything may be as it seems. Finally, poststructuralism reminds us of the importance of asking questions and interrogating apparent truths rather than always instantly assuming the question is meaningful and instantly proceeding to the answer.
I don't think poststructuralism has anything to do with postmodernism by the way. Postmodernism, as a discourse, seems to have become exactly what it originally tried to question. It's full of arrogant Answers pretending to be open questions. By claiming that all truth is just narrative and no particular narrative is The Truth, it is just as arrogant and meaningless (as well as self-contradictory) as any other dogma.
On the other hand, poststructuralism makes us think about what we mean by a question like "What is the Truth?", rather than rather arrogantly saying this, or that is the Truth (as in too much Western philosophy & religion) or There Is No Truth At All (as in postmodernism).
2006-09-06 17:04:03 · answer #1 · answered by duprie37 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
unless your research object include or related to discourse i found it hard to find the relevance
2006-09-07 00:00:35 · answer #2 · answered by jingleh4m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes- post modern literature.
2006-09-07 00:44:44 · answer #3 · answered by diasporas 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not in mine, thanks.
2006-09-06 23:20:08 · answer #4 · answered by yahoohoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋