๐Ÿ“Š Recent Development in Western Thought
Q. Which among the following is not the work of Louis Althusser
  • (A) lenin and philosophy and other essays
  • (B) on the reproduction of capitalism trans
  • (C) madness and civilization
  • (D) for marx
๐Ÿ’ฌ Discuss
โœ… Correct Answer: (C) madness and civilization
๐Ÿ“Š Recent Development in Western Thought
Q. who popularised the conception of an ‘epistemological break’ in Marxian thought
  • (A) l. althusser
  • (B) j. habermas
  • (C) j.c. alexander
  • (D) r. fahrendorf
๐Ÿ’ฌ Discuss
โœ… Correct Answer: (A) l. althusser
๐Ÿ“Š Recent Development in Western Thought
Q. In "The Death of the Author," Roland Barthes argues what about
  • (A) biographical information about the author must be considered when evaluating literature.
  • (B) a text and its author text are unrelated.
  • (C) it is possible to distil meaning from a work based on the author\s politics.
  • (D) authorial intent must be considered when evaluating literature.
๐Ÿ’ฌ Discuss
โœ… Correct Answer: (B) a text and its author text are unrelated.
๐Ÿ“Š Recent Development in Western Thought
Q. Althusser considered the mode of production contains complex articulation of:
  • (A) only economic practice
  • (B) only political practices
  • (C) economic, political and ideological practices
  • (D) economic and political practices
๐Ÿ’ฌ Discuss
โœ… Correct Answer: (C) economic, political and ideological practices
๐Ÿ“Š Recent Development in Western Thought
Q. believed that the “unified self” was just a product of Western culture and that if there was a “self, it must be plural.”
  • (A) ferdinand de saussure
  • (B) jean-françois lyotard
  • (C) jean jacques rousseau
  • (D) jacques derrida
๐Ÿ’ฌ Discuss
โœ… Correct Answer: (D) jacques derrida