Meta-Narratives

Dear Abbie - The Non-Advice Podcast · Oct 26, 2022 · 12m

There is a French post-modern philosopher who writes,

“I define postmodern as incredulity toward metanarratives.”

By that is meant, there is no large story – no history of humanity as such – into which our private stories, the novellas and anecdotes that make up our lives, can fit.

Abigail L. Rosenthal is Professor Emerita of Philosophy, Brooklyn College of The City University of New York. She is the author of A Good Look at Evil, a Pulitzer Prize nominee, now appearing in an expanded second edition and as audiobooks. Dr. Rosenthal writes a weekly column for “Dear Abbie: The Non-Advice…