Bakhtin's view of heteroglossia has been often employed in the context of the postmodern critique of the perceived teleological and authoritarian character of modernist art and culture.
M. Bakhtinas mano, jog heteroglosija buvo dažnai įdarbinama postmoderniosios kritikos, suvokiamos teologiniu ir autoritariniu pobūdžiu, kultūros kontekste.