Postmodern World and its Major Ideas

Introduction

Postmodernism has shaped the dynamics of human communication since its evolution during the 1960s. Also, referred to as cultural studies and post-structuralism, Postmodernism states that nothing in the world is real; there is no distinction between fact and fiction, whilst the truth holds no meanings. Postmodernism reflects different world views and perspectives through partial representation of reality, learning and knowledge, and values. It creates a fit between economic, aesthetic and theoretical grounds based on the responses against modernism. It negates the truth claims made under modernism, by identifying inconsistencies and flaws in these claims. For instance, ...