Modernism Quote by Stephen R.C. Hicks

If something's public then it seems like the important thing is the person in that public. And the notion of rhetoric. I went to…

— Vito Acconci

“In postmodernism we find metaphysical antirealism, epistemological subjectivity, the placing of feeling at the root of all value issues, the consequent relativism of both…

— Stephen R.C. Hicks

“Postmodernism is the first ruthlessly consistent statement of the consequences of rejecting reason, those consequences being necessary given the history of epistemology since Kant.”

— Stephen R.C. Hicks

“Therefore, it is a combination of the two factors—widespread skepticism about reason and socialism’s being in crisis—that is necessary to give rise to postmodernism.”

— Stephen R.C. Hicks

“That is my second hypothesis: Postmodernism is a response to the crisis of faith of the academic far Left. Its epistemology justifies the leap…

— Stephen R.C. Hicks

Dialectic, which is the parent of logic, came itself from rhetoric. Rhetoric is in turn the child of the myths and poetry of ancient…

— Robert M. Pirsig

Wherever there is persuasion, there is rhetoric, and wherever there is rhetoric, there is meaning.

— Kenneth Burke

I can only hope that the Democrats do tone down the rhetoric. The rhetoric has been outrageous: The finger-pointing, the tone, the angst, and…

— Chris Collins

First, in your sermons, use your logic, and then your rhetoric; Rhetoric without logic, is like a tree with leaves and blossoms, but no…

— John Selden

“Postmodernism has turned into this devil's vortex where no matter what you do, your neck will be turned and your face shoved into a…

— Brian Celio

what exactly is postmodernism, except modernism without the anxiety?

— Jonathan Lethem

The postmodern reply to the modern consists of recognizing that the past, since it cannot really be destroyed, because its destruction leads to silence,…

— Umberto Eco