Postmodernism

Jameson (1991) sees the postmodern theme of “depthlessness” as both the product of cybernetic simulacra and the symptom of a social loss of history and place. [Eglash 1998]
The most prominent and comprehensive critic of philosophical postmodernism is Jürgen Habermas. In The Philosophical Discourse of Modernity (Habermas 1987 [1985]), he confronts postmodernism at the level of society and “communicative action.” [Stanford.r19]
Postmodernism is difficult to define, perhaps by design. It represents a set of ideas and modes of thought that came together in response to specific historical conditions, including the cultural impact of the World Wars and how these ended, widespread disillusionment with Marxism, the waning credibility of religious worldviews in post-industrial settings, and the rapid advance of technology. It is probably most useful to understand postmodernism as a rejection of both modern ism —an intellectual movement that predominated through the late nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth—and modern ity —that epoch known as the Modern period, which began after the end of the Middle Ages and in which we (probably) still live.--- Pluckrose
Related: Nihilism.
== Rhizomata ==
Post; Modern; Cultural Marxism; Politics; Philosophy
Pseudo-intellectual