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Review Summary: A Clear Overall Picture |
Date: 2008-10-13 |
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Details: It's a good introduction to postmodern time from a Christian point of view.
It stimulates my thinking and creates an urge to read more books in one of the specific areas (the book covers four areas: postmodern thought, postmodern art, postmodern society and postmodern religion). |
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Review Summary: A Good Overview |
Date: 2008-02-29 |
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Details: This book is informative for someone (such as myself) who wishes to get a workable understanding of the pervasive cultural attitude of our times. The author explains characteristics of postmodernistic art, literature, media, etc., without going into great depth.
Postmodern Times is easy to read, and it certainly has increased my awareness of the current "zeitgeist".
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Review Summary: The book that makes you say, "Ahhh! I get it!" |
Date: 2007-05-06 |
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Details: Our culture today is basically an "anything goes," your-truth my-truth system. How are we as Christians to deal with the confusion and overload of information and media? This book explains how culture became the way it is today, as well as the pros and cons of society. I would recommend this book to absolutely everyone, because it helps you realize how to filter through the media and relativism that saturates our lives every day. Seriously, this book is a must read, a book that will teach you how to perceive culture! It is so important not to be lost in the abyss level confusion! It's entertaining as well! |
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Review Summary: Good criticism of the Pstmodernism |
Date: 2006-12-28 |
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Details: Great book from Evangelical perspective.
This is a must read to understand and resist contemporary destructive pop culture. Society is heading in wrong direction. People have to read books like this one to see where and how postmodernism ruined and still ruining society.
This is a great introduction and overview.
Valuable book. |
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Review Summary: Great Schaefferesque Analysis of Culture |
Date: 2006-08-11 |
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Details: This is the best and most incisive introduction to criticism on postmodernism I have come across. I won't go into his arguments as other reviewers already have, but I will point out a few detractors.
Veith is too kind to Humanism. He doesn't find postmodernism's "Anti-Humanism" itself a very perverted from of Humanism, which it very much is, for it is still man's arrogating autonomy for himself (to declare _anything_ about his own existence) without a real standard of behavior. By what standard is he the judge of his own existence and can this view himself in _any_ way other than the right way, that is the one instituted by the creator of reality itself? None. And Veith consistently fails to elucidate matters like these. If you don't understand what I mean, read the next detractor.
Another is Veith's belief in democracy, which follows his belief (or implicit condoning) of humanism. Democracy is also a physical manifestation of autonomy, one that denies the creator's sovereign control over all creation _as creator_, which He is. Veith allows man to construct law for himself as long as he follows God's transcendental absolutes, but Veith fails to see that these transcendental absolutes operate in every function of human life, especially in law & government!
For a better analysis of these and other issues, consult C. Van Til in _Defense of the Faith_ (among others) or R. J. Rushdoony in _By What Standard?_ (available from chalcedonstore.com).
But, enough of that. This is an _excellent_ book on postmodernism. Every graduating high school student should read this before even thinking about applying to a university. I sure wish I had! |
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