Post Modernism Todays global trends What is PostModernism

Post - Modernism Today‘s global trends

What is Post-Modernism? n A cultural trend developed in the 60’s starting from the French thought (Derrida, Lyotard, Focault) as a response for social changes n A lot of trends during the years claim to become part of Post-Modernism (Feminism, New-age, Postcolonialism) n Post-Modernism concerns with a great revision of standards models of Modernism n It accepts Modernism problems but it changed their perspective: from the elites to the whole society

Why Post-Modernism? n The search for impersonality failed: it transformed in subjectivity (everyone’s point of view is important) n The search for order could no longer be valid: Post. Modern man has to accept disorder because of Godel’s Theory and Theory of Chaos n The background had changed: repressed voices want their role in culture n They turned upside down the paradigms of dominant culture

Modernism and Post-Modernism Topics Modernism Post-Modernism Social structure Order, ideology, homogeneity Relative stability and continuous change Roles Role taking Role making Subjectivity Rational man, logos Pathos, desire Discourse Global, dominant Subversive Knowledge Grand narratives Local knowledge Space and time Absolute Quantum mechanics Causality Linear, positivism Chance, uncertainty Social changes History as a progress Based on tolerability

Main Features n Post-Modernism: n Doesn’t consider a centre or a foundation n Is local and not systematic n Puts the subject as the ground for everything n Gives a lot of importance to feelings and poetry n Rejects hierarchies and authorities n Is decentralized and globalized at the same time n Leaves place to chance n Has got intrinsic forces against closure

Some considerations n Post-Modernism is a trend still going on n You can’t describe it but only recognize its prescriptive dimension n Features like decentred subject, disorder, and Pathos, have their reason in today’s society n Therefore you don’t know if society affects the Postmodern thought or if the contribution of the Postmodern thought produces a greater change in society