6 Modern and postmodern thinking: rational and interpretive thinking

My air force training in a somewhat bizarre way has also helped me clarify distinctions that I find helpful to simplify the differences in what I see between modern and postmodern thinking about cultural criticism of both the natural sciences and the humanities. It seems very strange and a far-reaching way in discussing cultural issues about social and scientific inquiry to talk of all things the military.

It is a strange imaginative leap to make in using military culture and military training as a mode of illustration. And especially it is strange to talk about the social dynamics and the politics of fighting wars as a paradigmatic way of talking about cultural criticism when ...

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