ESSAY ON: Does Lyotard's Social Theory Help One To Understand The Strengths And Limitations Of Durkheim's?

Number of Pages 15

This research paper: 15 pages in length. Lyotard's social theory helps one to understand both the strengths and limitations of Durkheim's conjecture, in that it allows for one to gain a significantly better understanding of how postindustrialization forced humanity to fall – at least to some extent – out of touch with the discourse of knowledge. Individualism, capitalism, consumerism and all the other postmodern quests for which people only thought they desired turned out, according to Lyotard, to be a complete abandonment of narratives, ultimately and effectively shattering the fundamental basis upon which mankind understands his existence. Bibliography lists 9 sources.


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