History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET June 2014 History
Who among the following is considered an originator of the postmodernism theory?
AMichel Foucault
BJacques Derrida ✓ Correct
CMartin Heidegger
DJ.F. Lyotard
Correct answer: (B) Jacques Derrida — Jacques Derrida is considered an originator of postmodernism theory, so the answer is Jacques Derrida.
Explanation
★Jacques Derrida is considered an originator of postmodernism theory, so the answer is Jacques Derrida.
★He developed the method of deconstruction in the study of texts.
★He held that meaning in language is unstable and shifting.
★His ideas deeply influenced literary and historical theory.
★Postmodernism questioned the search for a single fixed truth.
★Foucault and Lyotard were other major figures of this movement.
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