Political Science · Political Theory
UGC NET June 2019 Political Science
Which one of the following is incorrect with regard to post-modernism?
APrimacy of cognition instead of knowledge
BDeconstruction of totality
CCommonality to greatness
DHistorical tendencies ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Historical tendencies — The feature that does not belong to postmodernism is historical tendencies, so the answer is option 4.
Explanation
★The feature that does not belong to postmodernism is historical tendencies, so the answer is option 4.
★Postmodernism rejects historicism, the belief that history follows directional laws or moves toward progress, which is exactly what a faith in historical tendencies asserts.
★It instead emphasises the deconstruction of totalities, breaking apart all-encompassing systems and grand schemes.
★It privileges interpretation and the constructed nature of knowledge over any claim to fixed, objective truth.
★It is sceptical of universal standards of greatness, treating value judgements as plural and context-bound.
★Spotting cue: a belief in lawlike historical progress is a modernist idea, so any option about historical tendencies is the odd one out in a postmodernism question.
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