Postmodernism

is a way of thinking
about culture, philosophy, art and many other
things. The term has been used in many different
ways at different times, but there are some things
in common.
• Postmodernism says that there is no real
truth. It says that knowledge is always
made or invented and not discovered.
Because knowledge is made by people, a
person cannot know something with
certainty - all ideas and facts are 'believed'
instead of 'known'. People believe that
they know what the truth is, but they will
think that the truth is something different
later. This is the opposite of 'objectivity',
which says that the one truth is always
there and people have to discover it.
Martin Heidegger
• One of the most influential
postmodernist.
• rejected the philosophical basis of
the concepts of "subjectivity" and
"objectivity"
Deconstruction
• One of the most well-known postmodernist
concerns is "deconstruction," a theory for
philosophy, literary criticism, and textual
analysis developed by Jacques Derrida.
Structuralism
• "Post-structuralists" were thinkers
who moved away from the strict
interpretations and applications
of structuralist ideas.
Postmodernism
Influence on ART
Architectur
e
The idea of Postmodernism
in architecture began as a response to
the perceived blandness and failed
Utopianism of the Modern movement.
Music

Postmodern music is either music of the

postmodern era, or music that follows
aesthetic and philosophical trends of
postmodernism.
Criticisms
Criticisms of postmodernism are
intellectually diverse, including the
assertions that postmodernism is
meaningless and
promotes obscurantism.