Postmodernism:
"A broad movement that developed in the mid- to late 20th century across philosophy, the arts, architecture, and criticism, marking a departure from modernism. Is characterized by the self-conscious use of earlier styles and conventions, a mixing of different artistic styles and media, and a general distrust of theories."
Compared to Modernism:
Modernist thinking is about the search of an abstract truth of life. Postmodernist thinkers believe that there is no universal truth, abstract or otherwise !
What is their focus?
The common targets of postmodernism and critical theory include universalist notions of objective reality, morality, truth, human nature, reason, language, and social progress.
Major Features / Themes of Postmodernism:
Use of language, pastiche, intertextuality, metafiction, equality, tehnoculture and hyperreality, temporal distortion, paranoia, magic realism maximalism and minimalism.
Famous Theorists:
"A broad movement that developed in the mid- to late 20th century across philosophy, the arts, architecture, and criticism, marking a departure from modernism. Is characterized by the self-conscious use of earlier styles and conventions, a mixing of different artistic styles and media, and a general distrust of theories."
Compared to Modernism:
Modernist thinking is about the search of an abstract truth of life. Postmodernist thinkers believe that there is no universal truth, abstract or otherwise !
What is their focus?
The common targets of postmodernism and critical theory include universalist notions of objective reality, morality, truth, human nature, reason, language, and social progress.
Major Features / Themes of Postmodernism:
Use of language, pastiche, intertextuality, metafiction, equality, tehnoculture and hyperreality, temporal distortion, paranoia, magic realism maximalism and minimalism.
Famous Theorists:
- Jean Baudrillard
- Gilles Deleuze
- Jacques Derrida
- Michel Foucault
- Pierre-Félix Guattari
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