Reddit reviews Introducing Postmodernism: A Graphic Guide

I suggest hopping right onto two illustrated books!

"Philosophy for beginners" (By Richard Osborne)
https://www.amazon.com/Philosophy-Beginners-Richard-Osborne/dp/1934389021/ref=sr_1_2/138-6850700-4480729

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"Introduction to postmodernism" (By Appignanesi & Garrat)
https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Postmodernism-Graphic-Richard-Appignanesi/dp/1840468491

I recommend these books to anyone that can read.

These are more like comic books as the books basically rely on illustrations and puzzling/overly clever/humourous commentary, with not so much text in the traditional sense (there aren't, iirc, whole pages of text), and great fun to read through. The book about postmodernism is a real head scratcher, a decent challenge to anyone enjoying Twin Peaks I think. :)

If I could add something to this, then I would also suggest getting a dictionary and an etymological dictionary (or use the free website Merriam Webster Dictionary on the web, to look up English words whenever you need to, or feel like refreshing your knowledge about words, or just for spell checking). The 'etymology' of a word hints at a deeper meaning with words. The antithesis to proper use of words, are imo 'synonyms'. Also, maybe don't use words like "absolutely" if you don't what you mean by it, as you may be thought as being disingenuous and dishonest (as if relying on ironic distance to try add positive spin with a statement that is basically meaningless), as if you were allowed to make two points with a particular statement at the same time, essentially making a point about making a point about something. Red card! As if saying "I absolutely love your idea", when you maybe mean something like "I love your idea because it is a good idea for me to sound like I love your idea."

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disingenuous
Oddly enough, this one particular entry in the dictionary, does not seem to have a section for 'etymology'. :D

Basically, don't forget that understanding the language one speak is important for understanding meaning in general as a cultural thing (the world you actually live in). So one is challenged to relate to problems like "meaning" and "knowledge". In our post modern world, it is sort of shown that one can always doubt true knowledge, because knowledge isn't what you could otherwise be tempted to want to think of as being 'apriori' knowledge.

And then, I guess you could also watch the movie "Hero" (2002).

These are really great books! Heres a link to one on post modernism http://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Postmodernism-Graphic-Richard-Appignanesi/dp/1840468491

You would definitely dig these. They might seem basic, but you'll remember it all, see how it all moves through history, and know what you want to dig into further:

Postmodernism

Critical Theory

Marxism

Philosophy in General

> to somewhat understand postmodernism

This is a very good starter guide.

Yeah definitely. Here's the book on Amazon , you can check out the other ones they have (which are a lot). The Existentialism one was great too.

I recommend reading this. Actually, the series is more or less the book-form of this sub-reddit