History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET June 2013 History
Who among the following said: 'To define postmodernism is not just to define a term. It is to characterize the present age and to assess how we should respond to it.'?
AJ.F. Lyotard
BArran Gare ✓ Correct
CJ.G. Merquior
DNone of the above
Correct answer: (B) Arran Gare — Arran Gare said these words, so the answer is Arran Gare.
Explanation
★Arran Gare said these words, so the answer is Arran Gare.
★He is an Australian philosopher.
★He is known mainly for his work in environmental philosophy and the philosophy of science.
★He also wrote on the philosophy of culture and the metaphysics of process philosophy.
★His remark stresses that postmodernism is about understanding the whole present age.
★J.F. Lyotard is famous for his own study of the postmodern condition.
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