Thursday, 22 November 2018

Perspectives - Postmodern Definitions #6

Normativity - the phenomenon in human societies of designating some actions or outcomes as good or desirable or permissible and others as bad or undesirable or impermissible.

Binary opposition - a pair of related terms or concepts that are opposite in meaning.

Deconstruction - a critique of the relationship between text and meaning originated by the philosopher Jacques Derrida.

Différance - a French term coined by Jacques Derrida. The term différance means "difference and deferral of meaning."

Reinscribe - to reestablish or rename in a new and especially stronger form or context

Cognitive dissonance -  the mental discomfort experienced by a person who simultaneously holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values.

Judith Butler - An American philosopher and gender theorist whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics and the fields of third-wave feminist, queer and literary theory. She challenges conventional notions of gender.

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