/lit/ - Literature

>>15080128

Here, OP, I'll genuinely help you. But know that your mission has been tried before, and is likely doomed to fail.

Begin with this book - the Philosophical Discourse of Modernity. Habermas basically tries to do exactly what you're proposing: he presents a history of postmodernist thought, and then presents essays on individual PoMo thinkers (such as Foucault, Derrida, etc) and why he thinks they're wrong and that he can salvage a collectivist notion of truth.

Know that some of his essays are criticised as misunderstanding the targets of his critiques, but this would be a very fast way to get acquainted with all the relevant players.

The book is incredibly dense. Few people could read and understand it. If you manage to get through, and still want to try and go ahead with your project, I would suggest further reading of Habermas' "communicative theory of action", and objections as to how it fails.

From there... you're on your own.

Best of luck.