Post-modernism

"Post-modernism is about rejecting tradition, but I am interested in traditions and in processes and transformations, whether in materials or in societies, and in questioning why a process exists," she says.

All the Beauty Under One Tent Emma Crichton-Miller 2010

Post-modernism is true in seeing that relativism exists.

Sunday Salon: “What Good are the Arts” by John Carey: Some musings Part 2 2009

Mr. Sottsass was a founder and leading figure of the "Memphis Group," who designed colorful and ironic pieces that were seen as characteristic examples of Post-modernism.

The Ettore Sottsass Legacy 2008

I understand your frustration especially as a common University essay question is “Does Post-modernism exist?”

Modernism Schmodernism « We Don't Count Your Own Visits To Your Blog 2008

Mr. Sottsass was a founder and leading figure of the "Memphis Group," who designed colorful and ironic pieces that were seen as characteristic examples of Post-modernism.

January 2008 2008

Post-modernism rejects an objective reality, which is inherently reactionary -- progress comes from constantly striving for a greater understanding of the objective world; to deny there is an objective world works against increasing our knowledge of it.

A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2007

Post-modernism rejects the notion of making society better.

A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2007

Post-modernism quite openly rejects the Enlightenment; a period in which was formed the notion that, in fact, the world is knowable and can be improved -- in particular, can be improved through science and technology.

A Bland and Deadly Courtesy skzbrust 2007

Post-modernism, on the other hand, is a grab bag term that doesn't really precisely name a philosophy or theology.

Clarification 2009

I never drew the lines between Post-modernism and the act of blogging.

Why Blogging is Postmodern floreta 2009