For West, Postmodernism

question 28

Multiple Choice

For West, postmodernism

• A) Is positive because it recognizes errors in Enlightenment thinking
• B) Is negative because it undermines people's sense of power and autonomy
• C) Neither A nor B
• D) Both A and B

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