The concept of postmodernism. The general features of postmodernism . Prior to carrying out any critical analysis on the work of Baudrillard, I shall identify the key tenets of postmodern theory.
Postmodernism is a movement which encapsulates the arts, science, society, and culture.
Indeed postmodernist influence infiltrates every aspect of what we as individuals experience in our day to day lives. It is argued that the postmodern era represents a clean break from the era of modernity1, that is to say that it is an era that is as distinct from modernity as feudalism is from capitalism. Postmodernism as pastiche . Firstly, postmodernists take an eclectic view of the world. They see the social world in particular as a pastiche of different styles and cultures from different contexts and historical eras, hence the illustration on the cover of this paper.