In
contemporary society and culture – postindustrial society, post-modern culture – the question of the legitimation of knowledge is formulated in different terms. The grand narrative has lost its credibility, regardless of what mode of unification it uses, regardless of whether it is a speculative
narrative or a narrative of emancipation.
The
decline of narrative[s] can be seen as an effect of the blossoming
of techniques and technologies
since the Second World War,
which has shifted emphasis from the ends
of action to its means; it can also be seen as an effect of the redeployment of advanced liberal capitalism after its
retreat under the protection of Keynesianism during the period 1930-60 ...