For those of us still trying to keep up with our rapidly changing world, Anderson offers an intriguing definition of post- modernism. It is the understanding that reality is socially constructed by people. In other words, reality is not a fixed entity. This belief system is not based on some higher Truth. There are no absolute Truths, no beliefs which cannot be challenged .
All beliefs are human creations, which can be accepted, rejected or modified by people as they wish.
But post-modernism encompasses more than this. It is really the idea that we all tell stories to explain the world. As an example, consider the U.S. Constitution. Most Americans revere the Constitution, and believe that it is the reason for our current freedom. But as Anderson notes, the Constitution is merely an old piece of paper.