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Some postmodernist ideas are:

Some postmodernist ideas are:

* Truth is a "[[social construct]]," rather than objectively provable.

* Truth is often [[Social Construct|constructed]] and manipulated by a society's leaders, privileged classes, and institutions of power.

* A society's choice of language reflects their general perceptions of the rules by which the world operates (see [[political correctness]]).

* A society's language reflects their general perceptions of the rules by which the world operates (see [[political correctness]]).

* There is no one superior culture; it is a fallacy to presume that [[Western culture]] is somehow than other, a position often taken by people locked inside the culture who have not been able to take a broader viewpoint.  

* There is no one superior culture; it is a fallacy to presume that [[Western culture]] is somehow better than others, a position often taken by people locked inside the culture who have not been able to take a broader viewpoint.  

* Postmoderns often  use irony and [[wordplay]] to shift the meanings of words, so that readers can better realize the unspoken assumptions they have been making.

* Postmodernists often  use irony and wordplay to shift the meanings of words, so that readers can better realize the unspoken assumptions they have been making.

* [[Gender role]]s, sexuality and race are socially constructed, not [[inborn traits]] that are the same forever in all societies.

* [[Gender role]]s, sexuality and race are [[social constructionism|socially constructed]], not inborn traits that are the same forever in all societies.

Critics of postmodernism include traditionalist who believe that truths from authoritative sources should always be believed, and moderns who believe that rational, scientific approaches can lead to the discovery of the truth.  

Critics of postmodernism include traditionalists who believe that truths from authoritative sources should always be believed, and modernists who believe that rational, scientific approaches can lead to the discovery of the truth.

==Postmodernism, antiamericanism, and reverse racism==

==Postmodernism, antiamericanism, and reverse racism==