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Summary: Intelligent Perspective
Review: The Death of Truth gives a good overview on the dangers posed by postmodernism from the well-intended racism of multiculturalism to academia's pandemic rejection of the concept of absolute truth. Although some specifics are provided in every chapter, the book seems to occasionally become bogged down by abstract theories. I found other recent works like "the Diversity Hoax" and "the Death of Common Sense" to be better caveats of these same pernicious trends. One other complaint is the authors'repeated use of the term "humankind;" a book that rightly warns of the dangers of political correctness should not stoop to employing even such innocuous PC terms. It is definitely worth a read but should been sign more as the tip than the hidden ice burg.
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Summary: Very useful but philosophically deficient
Review: This book reads very easily, is clear and is helpful for practically recognizing and refuting postmodernism in many fields (health care, literature, education, history, psychotherapy, law, natural science and religion.) It will probably be very valuable for many as it is directly applicable in many situations. There was certainly much need for such a book, great that it has come! (Another practical and helpful book is Beckwith's recent "Relativism: Feet firmly planted in Mid-Air", 1998; in the same vein, there is also Watkins' "the New Absolutes", 1996.) Unfortunately, this book (the Death of Truth) is philosophically wholly inadequate, mainly in the essays of Jim Leffel, who is confused about epistemology (adopting a fundamentalist view that cannot give any answer to postmodernism), about the definition of "theism" (which he identifies with neocalvinism) and "modernism" (which he strangely identifies for much of it with traditional Christianity), etc. For a historical and philosophical exposition of postmodernism, with a refutation, I would rather recommend Floyd Centore's "Being and Becoming: a Critique of Postmodernism" (1991): it remains in my opinion the best philosphical analysis of postmodernism and its roots, and gives the real antidote! Many interesting insights can also be found in Ciapolo's "Postmodernism and Christian Philosophy" (1997). And for a way of defending Christianity which is postmodern-proof, the unbeatable book remains Geisler's "Christian Apologetics" (1976). All these books (Centore, Ciapolo, Geisler) are however at another level (academic, more difficult) than McCallum's or Beckwith's, which are popular works aimed at the very broad readership.
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Summary: An important aid to understanding our times.
Review: This is, perhaps, the most important book written in the last ten years for those who want to understand modernism, post-modernism, multiculturalism and the various types of relativism, including moral relativism.
Ever wonder why some politicians seem to lie and misrepresent the facts while on the campaign trail? When Clinton was in office, were you concerned by his cavalier dismissal of the prevailing code of morality that has made America great? Were you perplexed that he could appear on TV and brazenly wag his finger at the American people and claim, "I did not have sex with that woman!" and then go on to lie under oath in interrogatories and in a deposition in the Paula Jones case? Well, after reading this book, you'll understand how Clinton and so many others in his administration could do just that.
... If everybody is lying to everybody else because they no longer believe that truth exists or if it does it's whatever they want it to be at that moment, then nobody will be able to trust anybody about anything. Since so much in a free society depends upon truth and trust, it would be a disasterous development for our culture were relativism in general and moral relativism in particular to become more pervasive than it already has. That's just one of many reasons why postmodernism, which promotes the relativisms, must be opposed.
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