Abstract

VARGAS, Cláudio Pellini. FROM THE STAGE OF (IN)DIFFERENCES TO THE BACKSTAGE "POSTMODERNITY": HISTORICAL THEORY AND CONTEMPORARY PRACTICES. Educ. Rev. [online]. 2015, vol.31, n.4, pp.179-200. ISSN 1982-6621.  https://doi.org/10.1590/0102-4698136676.

In the turbulent contemporary epistemological mat, the present essay aims at problematizing post-modern discourses of academic researchers that support that the relativistic thought in its most underhanded and radical state. In its structure, the paper contextualizes the "postmodern" field using Perry Anderson. Ina second moment, we present reports experienced in different Brazilian universities, which are illuminated mainly by Terry Eagleton and David Harvey's theory. In summary, this work argues that radical "post-modern" theories move away from the idea of "respect for differences" by encouraging epistemological deconstructions that lead theories, practices and values toward a charismatic homogenization, but nihilistic and superficial.

Keywords : Epistemology; Rationality; (Post)Modernity; Difference..

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