When and What

Question 1

What does postmodernism express and when did it emerge?

Answer 1

Postmodernism expresses the human experience of living in the world of post-modernity, emerging in the 1960s

Question 2

What can postmodernism be seen as?

Answer 2

Postmodernism can be seen as a reaction against the ideas and values of modernism, as well as a description of the period that followed modernism’s dominance in cultural theory and practice in the early and middle decades of the twentieth century

Question 3

What is the term ‘postmodernism’ associated with?

Answer 3

The term is associated with scepticism, irony and philosophical critiques of the concepts of universal truths and objective reality