Postmodernism means different things to different people. Linguistically,
it must refer to some sort of reaction to unbridled or overzealously modern
attitudes or practices. Charles Jencks shows how postmodern architects, for
instance, have reacted against the cheap utilitarian designs they view as
symptomatic of “Protestant” industrialism.1 Crucially, architects continue to
rely on industrial processes; so Jencks defines postmodernism as a way forward
that more self-consciously applies modern “discoveries.” Postmodern
educational thought, likewise, responds to the dilemmas posed by modern
education, such as the ways it might impinge upon minority communities in
society seeking out and sustaining their particular conceptions of knowledge,
truth, and the good. Friedrich Nietzsche is one thinker who can be referred to
here who sought in the early modern era to expose proponents of the
Enlightenment’s ideals of rationality and progress as “sly defenders of their
prejudices which they christen[ed] ‘truths’.”2 This essay considers the potential
merit of a Nietzschean postmodern education in light of his criticality toward
modern projects like schooling and the morality of individuals serving each
other in society in the name of progress, development, enlightenment, and so
on.
Nietzsche and postmodern philosophy more generally are not easy topics
for discussion. Regularly misappropriated by both philosophers and politicians,
still sparking debates about the right way to “unlock the hidden educator in the
philosopher,”3 Nietzsche’s style and methods of argumentation provide a
substantial challenge to any reader. Diverse, often incompatible interpretations
of his various writings can be surprisingly difficult to distinguish as correct or
incorrect, given his dramatic, often sarcastic way of juxtaposing his views with
various contemporaries. His creatively critical method has influenced many of
those regarded as postmodern thinkers today, such as: Michel Foucault, Jean-
François Lyotard, and Judith Butler. Perhaps owing in part to the complexity of
their writing, Nietzsche and these so-called postmodernists are regularly
dismissed by many as unnecessarily difficult or nihilistically critical, bordering
on (if not personifying) the position of moral relativism. Yet there are others
who read their works more sympathetically, as socially conscientiousæif not
particularly moralisticæobservations of power in society.4 Here I will examine
Nietzsche’s postmodern position to illustrate how many have been hasty to
regard him as an opponent of truth and norms or a nihilist, even if his work
presents an essential paradox for educationally minded thinkers.
Postmodernism means different things to different people. Linguistically,
it must refer to some sort of reaction to unbridled or overzealously modern
attitudes or practices. Charles Jencks shows how postmodern architects, for
instance, have reacted against the cheap utilitarian designs they view as
symptomatic of “Protestant” industrialism.1 Crucially, architects continue to
rely on industrial processes; so Jencks defines postmodernism as a way forward
that more self-consciously applies modern “discoveries.” Postmodern
educational thought, likewise, responds to the dilemmas posed by modern
education, such as the ways it might impinge upon minority communities in
society seeking out and sustaining their particular conceptions of knowledge,
truth, and the good. Friedrich Nietzsche is one thinker who can be referred to
here who sought in the early modern era to expose proponents of the
Enlightenment’s ideals of rationality and progress as “sly defenders of their
prejudices which they christen[ed] ‘truths’.”2 This essay considers the potential
merit of a Nietzschean postmodern education in light of his criticality toward
modern projects like schooling and the morality of individuals serving each
other in society in the name of progress, development, enlightenment, and so
on.
Nietzsche and postmodern philosophy more generally are not easy topics
for discussion. Regularly misappropriated by both philosophers and politicians,
still sparking debates about the right way to “unlock the hidden educator in the
philosopher,”3 Nietzsche’s style and methods of argumentation provide a
substantial challenge to any reader. Diverse, often incompatible interpretations
of his various writings can be surprisingly difficult to distinguish as correct or
incorrect, given his dramatic, often sarcastic way of juxtaposing his views with
various contemporaries. His creatively critical method has influenced many of
those regarded as postmodern thinkers today, such as: Michel Foucault, Jean-
François Lyotard, and Judith Butler. Perhaps owing in part to the complexity of
their writing, Nietzsche and these so-called postmodernists are regularly
dismissed by many as unnecessarily difficult or nihilistically critical, bordering
on (if not personifying) the position of moral relativism. Yet there are others
who read their works more sympathetically, as socially conscientiousæif not
particularly moralisticæobservations of power in society.4 Here I will examine
Nietzsche’s postmodern position to illustrate how many have been hasty to
regard him as an opponent of truth and norms or a nihilist, even if his work
presents an essential paradox for educationally minded thinkers.
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