Top 80+ Solved Recent Development in Western Thought MCQ Questions Answer
Q. Where did logical positivism originate
a. italy & germany
b. austria & america
c. austria & germany
d. none of these
Q. Author of The New Science
a. jean baudrillard
b. giambattista vico
c. jean-françois lyotard
d. jean jacques rousseau
Q. Jacques Derrida cannonballed into the American academy with this paper, in 1966:
a. "the purveyor of truth"
b. "seminar on \the purloined letter\"
c. "structure, sign, and play in the discourse of the human sciences"
d. "can the subaltern speak?" jacques derrida\s of grammatology explains:
Q. Jacques Derrida's Of Grammatology explains:
a. theory of "writing"
b. issues with jacques lacan
c. plan for world domination
d. the grammar of modern klingon
Q. Which author-hating lit critic and cultural theorist described text as a "multi-dimensional space,"and a "tissue of quotations"
a. jean-luc picard
b. roland barthes
c. michel foucault
d. barbara johnson
Q. Post-Structuralism emerged as a critique of Structuralism. Who founded Structuralism:
a. jean baudrillard
b. ferdinand de saussure
c. michel foucault
d. jacques derrida
Q. Which of the following was written by Jacques Derrida
a. birth of the clinic
b. madness and civilization
c. history of sexuality
d. of grammatology
Q. Which Post-Structuralist philosopher came up with the concept of Deconstruction:
a. jacques derrida
b. jean baudrillard
c. michel foucault
d. gilles deleuze
Q. Why does Jean Baudrillard think we live in simulated realities:
a. we can\t tell the difference between a dream and reality.
b. we can never know the truth, so we adopt ideologies which reshape the world in our minds.
c. we like to live in denial about our responsibility.
d. we try to control the world around us through our actions.
Q. Which Post-Structuralist philosopher stated, "Academics' lives are seldom interesting”:
a. michel foucault
b. jacques derrida
c. jean baudrillard
d. gilles deleuze
Q. Author of Capitalism and Schizophrenia:
a. michel foucault
b. jean baudrillard
c. ferdinand de saussure
d. gilles deleuze
Q. Which Post-Structuralist philosopher was interested in the "power-knowledge relationship":
a. gilles deleuze
b. jacques derrida
c. michel foucault
d. ferdinand de saussure
Q. Which Post-Structuralist philosopher started in philosophy by studying "pataphysics"
a. gilles deleuze
b. jean baudrillard
c. michel foucault
d. jacques derrida
Q. Postmodernism rejects which of the following metanarratives;
a. science/ secularism
b. christian
c. muslim
d. all metanarratives are rejected