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Some postmodernist ideas are:
Some postmodernist ideas are:
* Truth is a "[[social construct]]," rather than objectively provable.
* Truth is a "[[social construct]]," rather than objectively provable, and by extension is merely relative.
** As an extension of this, [[History]] is considered "fiction" or "storytelling"
* Human agency is the only thing allowing for ideals like peace, power, and control to actually have power since they themselves lack any despite being passed down for ages due to just being ideals.
* Human agency is the only thing allowing for ideals like peace, power, and control to actually have power since they themselves lack any despite being passed down for ages due to just being ideals.
* A society's choice of language reflects their general perceptions of the rules by which the world operates (see [[political correctness]]).
* A society's choice of language reflects their general perceptions of the rules by which the world operates (see [[political correctness]]).
* There is no one superior culture; [[Western culture]] is no better than any other (see [[cultural relativism]]). This often takes the form of ridicule of anything deemed to be part of [[traditional values]] or mainstream [[American]] culture.
* There is no one superior culture; [[Western culture]] is no better than any other (see [[cultural relativism]]). This often takes the form of ridicule of anything deemed to be part of [[traditional values]] or mainstream [[American]] culture.
* Insanity is simply a cultural creation.
* Traditional authority has a strong tendency to be false and corrupt.
* Traditional authority has a strong tendency to be false and corrupt.
* Morality is personal with tradition playing little to no role in it, and as such, "right" and "wrong" is solely a matter of perspective (see [[moral relativism]]).
* Morality is personal with tradition playing little to no role in it, and as such, "right" and "wrong" is solely a matter of perspective (see [[moral relativism]]).