![]() Even the most reactionary philosophers had to admit at least this much. However philosophy was expressed, in the last analysis it was a struggle for truth. But within this myriad of trends, some of them rational and materialist, others idealist and wildly mystical, it was at least generally agreed that the hallmark of a great theory was consistency, precision and careful attention to detail. The history of philosophy has known a vast array of schools, sub-schools and trends, encompassing a diverse range of world outlooks and guiding principles. This article, first published in the IMT’s theoretical journal, ‘In Defence of Marxism’, is the first in a series of articles analysing the different aspects of postmodernism from a Marxist perspective. It embodies the utter dead-end and pessimism of bourgeois philosophy given the senile decay of capitalist society. Beginning as a fringe trend, it has since grown to become one of the dominant schools of bourgeois philosophy, permeating large parts, if not the majority, of academia today. ![]() ![]() Postmodernism is an amorphous philosophical school of thought that rose to prominence in the postwar period.
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