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/pəʊstˈmɑdɚnɪzəm/ · noun
Any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an earlier modernist movement..
The most famous definition of postmodernism is Lyotard's: “I define postmodern as incredulity towards metanarratives.” […] To accept Lyotard's definition of postmodernism is to accept the premise that postmodernism is the first movement since the Enlightenment to think critically about such narratives.
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Post modernism means Any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an earlier modernist movement..
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The most famous definition of postmodernism is Lyotard's: “I define postmodern as incredulity towards metanarratives.” […] To accept Lyotard's definition of postmodernism is to accept the premise that postmodernism is the first movement since the Enlightenment to think critically about such narratives.
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