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what is postmodernism?

christopher spence | 21.03.2002 15:21

I don't get post-modernism. I'm not sure whether its just an intellectual way of saying 'whatever I or anyone else thinks, we might be wrong'. If you take this too seriously doesn't it have some dangerous implications?

My understanding of post-modernism is that it says that there is no objective reality, just partial knowlege or 'truths'. Am I right? If so, how does that work? Doesn't it mean that postmodernists can't accuse people who deny the existence of the holocaust of being factually incorrect?

christopher spence

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  1. Yes, thats the problem — A Triffid
  2. Yes, thats the problem — A Triffid
  3. it sucks, read this — euan
  4. Now it gets interesting... — a Triffid
  5. postmodernism — steve bubble
  6. Postmodernism is not the be all and end all — catabolic_kid
  7. My thoughts... — Disillusioned kid