ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book describes the following: French deconstructionism, German critical theory, Foucault-type discourse analysis, poststructuralism, narrative theory, hermeneutics, social constructionism, and feminist critical theory. Despite its diversity, this movement marks a major shift in human studies from a belief in objective, bias-neutral research to a kind of self-conscious and sophisticated subjectivity. The postmodernists add that the imaginations are not confined to peoples' minds but are part of a Penelope's web that is continually woven and rewoven between them. There is a contradiction between the position of postmodern feminists who use neo-Marxist critical theory to support their ideals and that of social constructionists who do not believe in any "truth discourse" at all. Moral values and social issues replace the psychological framework, and the therapist becomes an advocate of the victimized person.
