Post-modernism is accepted to have started as a reaction to modernism, which profoundly marked the 20th century world.
But when exactly did post-modernism end? Or has it not ended yet? And if it has ended, what era after post-modernism are we living in now?
Other than authors who say post-modernism is this or that and make no meaningful critique but just put negative labels, can you please recommend me some philosophical works that thoroughly refuted the entire logical construct behind post-modernism? If there are any of course.
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Andrew Cox
Hello. :DDD
Charles Smith
>But when exactly did post-modernism end? 76 years and 2 days ago
Luis Johnson
We looped back after hitting modernism again and now we are in nu-post-modernism. In a few years we will become aware of the cycle and our culture will arbitrarily pick a set of values to adopt and enforce. This will be post-sincerity.
Jaxon Carter
Post-modernity isn't even a thing. It's just modernity, nothing has substantially changed since the modern era.
And postmodern philosophy is just sophistry.
Gavin Brooks
Who are you to determine what is a thing and what isn't? I say it's subjective, as that is the nature of categorization, and decide from my own perception that we are living in post modern times. You can blame psychologists and hippies.
Anthony Turner
>and philosophy is just sophistry FTFY
Christian Harris
Well, according to that logic, we're living in the age of enlightenment now and nothing has changed ever since.
The linear scale that western historians try to pain history as, in this regard, has us stuck into a continued world where the principles of empiricism, utilitarianism, functionalism and materialism gains new forms as they evolve.
But we can of course, distinguish the enlightenment and the present.
So i get from your post, that we haven't finished with post-modernism yet? But wouldn't that make it the most longest cultural era of western civilization to date?
Nathan Moore
When Joyce died?
Mason Brown
just going point by point down that list
- productive consumption (your consumption is also the product. eg facebook, instagram, snapchat) - life in different communities - identity from demographic (eg gender, ethnicity, age) - this one is still families - simultaneous desire to reunite with past and break new ground in future - education as a given part of life - plurality of media (goes many ways, instead of two ways) - voluntary indirect control (smart phones and privacy policies means users monitor themselves and submit information to be analysed and monitored) - infra-global (yet not necessarily national. though there has been a resurgence in nationalism lately) - politics is truth (science has been politicized by conservatives through things like climate change denial, intelligent design/evolution denial, anti-vax, etc.
multiple structures instead of lack of structure. curation instead of confusion. to some degree people still create who they want to be, but there is less freedom to create, there is more pressure to be for or against something
dunno what youd call that over all but i think its a definitive enough break from post-modernity
