Scan barcode
confused_hamburger's review against another edition
challenging
informative
slow-paced
2.5
From what I understood about this book, it is talking about some interesting ideas. However, as I understand it, this series is aimed at introducing and simplifying complicated topics in an easy-to-understand manner, and, for me, it failed. I was in a state of mind-boggling confusion throughout the majority of this book, which is not what I think the author intended to happen. I am very inexperienced and unknowledgeable in philosophy, so I would have appreciated more clarification on certain matters.
matochok's review against another edition
4.0
"Simplifying to the extreme, I define
postmodern as incredulity toward metanarratives. "
- Jean Francois Lyotard
postmodern as incredulity toward metanarratives. "
- Jean Francois Lyotard
in_praise_of_idlenesss's review against another edition
2.0
well they really bungled that one. orientalism galore in the last quarter. but i quite liked the ending sentence ‘the only cure for postmodernism is the incurable illness of romanticism’ whether i agree with that or not tho