Postmodernism

Introduction Sociologists Cohen and Kennedy (2000) have traced the emergence of ‘modernity’ to the 17th century and the dawn of the revolutionary Enlightenment age which brought about historic changes and…

Postmodernism is difficult to define, because we go through it on a daily basis. Some would say it began in the 1950’s, and others say it began with the tearing…

The phrase “illusion-breaking” could be taken in a number ways, in this essay it is understood as a way of saying that the barriers of illusion are being stretched and…

As a topic that has been repeatedly and exhaustively debated in recent years there are many theories circulating as to what postmodernism’s real definition is. Although still largely undecided it…

Ever since God created the world it has been filled with activity, and for three hundred years until about fifty years ago we have been under the influence of the…

The term postmodernism is applied loosely across a multitude of disciplines – architecture, arts, historiography, philosophy and theology – and is best understood as a theoretical point in which culture…

Elizabeth Bishop’s “Lullaby for the Cat,” Robert Lowell’s “For the Union Dead,” and Sylvia Plath’s “Kindness” differ from postmodernism by using autonomous narrators and clear representation, as well a lack…

Postmodernism concept is one that is widely not understood as well as accepted today. The unfamiliarity associated with this concept probably has been the one that has contributed to its…

The cultural differences among global communities may have various impacts to sub groups of social affiliation. However, the global culture is starting to realize the outright influence of de-constructive and…