Q. Author of, On humanistic education
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
jean-françois lyotard
Recent Development in Western Thought MCQs and Notes
Q. Which French Philosopher argued that there were no meta or grand narratives, only micro narratives?
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
jean-françois lyotard
Q. Baudrillard's simulacra means
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
the sign that creates the perception of reality than reality itself
Q. Postmodernism rejects which of the following metanarratives;
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
all metanarratives are rejected
Q. Which Post-Structuralist philosopher started in philosophy by studying "pataphysics"
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
jean baudrillard
Q. Which Post-Structuralist philosopher was interested in the "power-knowledge relationship":
✅ Correct Answer: (C)
michel foucault
Q. Author of Capitalism and Schizophrenia:
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
gilles deleuze
Q. Which Post-Structuralist philosopher stated, "Academics' lives are seldom interesting”:
✅ Correct Answer: (D)
gilles deleuze
Q. Why does Jean Baudrillard think we live in simulated realities:
✅ Correct Answer: (B)
we can never know the truth, so we adopt ideologies which reshape the world in our minds.
Q. Which Post-Structuralist philosopher came up with the concept of Deconstruction:
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
jacques derrida