Postmodernism

Postmodernism is a term used in a variety of intellectual and cultural areas in rather different ways. The use of the same word creates a confusing and misleading impression of unity and coherence in developments across societal, academic, and cultural fields. There are three broad ways of talking about postmodernism: as an orientation in architecture and art, as a way of describing contemporary (Western or possibly global) society, and as a philosophy. This article mainly focuses on postmodernism in the third sense (i.e., as a philosophy or intellectual style within the social sciences), but a brief overview of other ways ...