Defining the term "postmodern"


	Defining the term "postmodern"

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2-12-2007 11:20 AM

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Postmodernism</FONT></H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://mingo.info-science.uiowa.edu/~stevens/critped/post.htm"><FONT size="2" face="Arial%2C%20Helvetica%2C%20sans-serif">Defining the 
              term "postmodern" is a problematic endeavor at best, given 
              that many theories falling under the broad rubrics "postmodern" 
              or "poststructuralist," most notably Derridean deconstruction, 
              have undermined the very project of definition by showing that meaning 
              is always deferred along an endless signifying chain. Moreover, 
              theories and theorists that have been labeled "postmodern" 
              often differ wildly from each other, further complicating attempts 
              to construct even the most provisional definition of the term by 
              way of a common group of practioners or shared theoretical tenets. 
              One useful way to begin thinking about postmodern theory, however, 
              may be to look at the ways that it differs from and indeed is highly 
              critical of some of the major philosophical assumptions of modernism. 
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