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