Exploring The Postmodern: Perils Or Potentials?
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-1994
Published In
American Psychologist
Abstract
In an attempt to rescue the self from the ravages of postmodern analysis, M. Brewster Smith (1994) called into action traditional investments in science and moral vision. However, not only are the grounds for these investments found wanting, they themselves harbor threats to human well-being. Furthermore, by understanding the postmodern conception of language as relational, a certain place can be made for both empirical research and moral deliberation. At the same time, postmodern thought opens new vistas for psychology and new horizons for the self.
Recommended Citation
Kenneth J. Gergen.
(1994).
"Exploring The Postmodern: Perils Or Potentials?".
American Psychologist.
Volume 49,
Issue 5.
412-416.
DOI: 10.1037//0003-066X.49.5.412
https://works.swarthmore.edu/fac-psychology/336