Posmodernismo:

A term applied , often loosely , to a broad movement that developed in the

middle to the late twentieth century across many disciplines :arts
,architecture,philosophy

This period marked a departure from : modernism

Postmodernins deconstruccion

Become one of the main themes of poststructuralism .

Postmodernity (post-modernity or the postmodern condition) is the

economic or cultural state or condition of Western society which is said to
exist after modernity. Some schools of thought hold that modernity ended
in the late 20th century—in the 1980s or early 1990s—and that it was
replaced by postmodernity, while others would extend modernity to cover
the developments denoted by postmodernity, while some believe that
modernity ended after World War II. The idea of the post-modern
condition is sometimes characterised as a culture stripped of its capacity to
function in any linear or autonomous state as opposed to the progressive
mindstate of Modernism.

Postmodernity can mean a personal response to a postmodern society, the

conditions in a society which make it postmodern or the state of being that
is associated with a postmodern society as well an historical epoch. In most
contexts it should be distinguished from postmodernism, the adoption of
postmodern philosophies or traits in art, literature, culture and society. In
fact, today, historical perspectives on the developments of postmodern art
(postmodernism) and postmodern society (postmodernity) can be best
described as two umbrella terms for processes engaged in an ongoing
dialectical relationship, the result of which is the evolving world in which
we now live.
Habermas

Habermas’ Theory of Modernity: The Unfinished Project!

Jurgen Habermas was born in 1929 in Germany. He is not only a social
theorist, but also a strong defender of modernity. The assaults made by
postmodernists on modernists are very strongly countered by Habermas.

In contrast to many contemporary intellectuals who opted for an anti-

postmodernity position, Habermas sees in the institutional orders of
modernity structures of rationality, whereas many intellectuals have
become cynical about the emancipatory potential of modernity….

Habermas continues to insist on the Utopian potential of modernity. In a

social context in which faith in the Enlightenment project of a good society
promoted by reason sees a fading hope and spurned idol, Habermas
remains one of its strongest defender.

Modernity is the child of enlightenment. It is anchored in reason and

democracy. And, therefore, Habermas sees modernity as an unfinished
project. It means that much more has to be done in the realm of modernity
before thinking about the possibility of a postmodern world.

For modernity, the final product would be as Habermas observes:

A fully rational society is that in which both system and life-world
rationality were allowed to express themselves fully without one destroying
the other. We currently suffer from an impoverished life-world, and that
problem must be overcome. However, the answer does not lie in the
destruction of systems (especially the economic and administrative
systems) since it is they that provide the material pre-requisites needed to
allow life-world rationalize.