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'''Postmodernism''' is a [[worldview]] characterized by [[atheism]] and [[relativism]].  The term [[deconstruction]] was originally coined by postmodernist [[Jacques Derrida]].<ref>''Understanding the Times'' (Summit Ministries, Manitou Springs, Colorado 2006)</ref> Some postmodernist ideas are:

'''Postmodernism''' is a [[worldview]] characterized by a belief in the lack of an objective truth, and which asserts that assertions of knowledge about certain knowledge of that truth are essentially impossible.  A strong part of postmodernist thought is an intentional departure from traditional approaches that had previously been dominant.  Postmodernity has influenced many disparate fields of study, such as architecture, literary criticism, art, and others.

 

The term "postmodernism" comes from the causal relationship the movement has to [[modernism]], rather than a temporal relationship.  Both movements still coexist today.

 

Some postmodernist ideas are:

* Truth is a "[[social construct]]" rather than empirically provable

* Truth is a "[[social construct]]" rather than empirically provable