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The last post? Defending nursing against the postmodernist maze
Author(s) -
CLARKE L.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.69
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1365-2850
pISSN - 1351-0126
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2850.1996.tb00120.x
Subject(s) - postmodernism , genius , denial , politics , argument (complex analysis) , face (sociological concept) , skepticism , sociology , psychoanalysis , aesthetics , epistemology , philosophy , psychology , medicine , law , social science , political science , developmental psychology
Is postmodernism in many ways the empiricist‐liberal tradition at the inevitable end of its intellectual and political tether? Or is postmodernism the ‘laughter of genius’ that art and argument in their traditional forms are dead? Can postmodernism be applied to social and economic issues whilst carrying a denial of the manner by which Western thought has shaped these issues? Can postmodernism provide moral pathways to help us with contemporary ethical issues? How can postmodernist thought encompass the activities of nurses, particularly in the area of psychiatric care? Can nurses afford postmodernist suppositions in the face of suffering and pain? If postmodernism exists, does it exist everywhere (as does nursing) or is it a more localized event?