Postmodernism and its critiques

·         Postmodernity means development within society. Critics say: “after modernity, referring to the incipient or actual dissolution of those social forms associated with modernity" (This theory was made by Sarup 1993).

·         Baudrillard also said that society must come to terms with the ‘second revolution’, and “that Twentieth Century, of postmodernity, which is the immense process of the destruction of meaning equal to the earlier destruction of appearances. Whoever lives by meaning dies by meaning"

·         Ryan Bishop, in a concise article in the ‘Encyclopedia of Cultural Anthropology’ (1996), defines post-modernism as a diverse movement that originates in aesthetics, architecture and philosophy.

·          Postmodernism rejected the modernist passion for the new society. Whilst, rejecting tradition by going "where no man has gone before". Modernism was formed to explore the possibilities and a never ending search for individuality.

10 key words

·         Second revolution

·         Modernism

·         Development within society

·         Period of western culture

·         Aesthetics. Architecture and philosophy

·         New society

·         Diverse movement

·         Search for individuality

·         After modernity

·         Later nineteenth century, early twentieth century

·         postmodernism