Difference between revisions of "Postmodernism"

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'''Postmodernism''' refers to a range of currently fashionable notions popular among left-wing academics and sociologists, among them:
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'''Postmodernism''' refers to a range of ideas, among them that:
  
 
* Reality is a "social construct" rather than empirically provable
 
* Reality is a "social construct" rather than empirically provable
 
* Ones choice of language directs how this reality is supposedly constructed (see [[political correctness]])
 
* Ones choice of language directs how this reality is supposedly constructed (see [[political correctness]])
 
* There is no one superior culture; [[Western culture]] is no more advanced than any other
 
* There is no one superior culture; [[Western culture]] is no more advanced than any other
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* Western culture is inherently oppressive against some groups
 
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* This oppression is "systemic" and ingrained in the culture
 
 
* Because society is a "social construct" directed by choice of language, these "systems" of "oppression" can therefore be "deconstructed" by deconstructing the language used, and replacing it with different terminology
 
* Because society is a "social construct" directed by choice of language, these "systems" of "oppression" can therefore be "deconstructed" by deconstructing the language used, and replacing it with different terminology
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* The frequent use of irony and humorous wordplay to shift the meanings of words is encouraged as this causes people to rethink their assumptions about culture and language.  This often takes the form of ridicule of anything deemed to be part of [[traditional values]] or mainstream [[American]] culture.  American culture of the 1950s is especially ridiculed in this way with such epithets as "white bread".  Postmodernism promotes a "hipster" culture in which motifs from pre-1970s America are used in such a way as to ridicule them.
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* The frequent use of irony and humorous wordplay to shift the meanings of words is encouraged as this causes people to rethink their assumptions about culture and language.
 
* Gender and so-called [[gender role]]s are socially constructed, not inborn traits
 
* Gender and so-called [[gender role]]s are socially constructed, not inborn traits
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Alan Sokal famously exposed postmodernism as deeply flawed in 1996 by successfully publishing nonsense in a postmodern journal.[http://www.physics.nyu.edu/faculty/sokal/index.html]. Since then, postmodernism has largely been considered a laughingstock among all but the most liberal academics.
 

Revision as of 22:13, March 15, 2007

Postmodernism refers to a range of ideas, among them that:

  • Reality is a "social construct" rather than empirically provable
  • Ones choice of language directs how this reality is supposedly constructed (see political correctness)
  • There is no one superior culture; Western culture is no more advanced than any other
  • Because society is a "social construct" directed by choice of language, these "systems" of "oppression" can therefore be "deconstructed" by deconstructing the language used, and replacing it with different terminology
  • The frequent use of irony and humorous wordplay to shift the meanings of words is encouraged as this causes people to rethink their assumptions about culture and language.
  • Gender and so-called gender roles are socially constructed, not inborn traits
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