Post Modernism

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Postmodernism refers to broad movement that emerged in the later part of the 20th
century in the fields of philosophy, arts along with architecture. Postmodernism marked
departure from that of modernism and it is generally used for talking about historical era that
followed modernity (Silverman, 2017). Postmodernism has attitude pertaining to scepticism
along with irony and it rejected meta-narratives along with ideologies of the modernism. This
essay elaborates on the features of post-modernism and how the post-modernism concepts are
of relevance in the present age.
The critical approaches in relation to post-modernism started in 1980 and in the 1990
and it has been adopted in various academic along with theoretical disciplines. Post
modernism is associated with the school of thought like deconstruction along with post-
structuralism. Postmodernism evolved after the Second World War as reaction to that of
modernism. According to Ruccio and Amariglio (2016), radical artistic projects in relation to
modernism was associated with the concept of totalitarianism and it had been assimilated
within mainstream culture. Basic feature in relation to post-modernism can be found in the
work of artists like Jorge Luis Borges in 1940. There are many scholars in the present age
who agree to the fact that postmodernism started competing with that of modernism in the
later half of 1950. Postmodernism has become a dominant force within art, music, film along
with drama.
Postmodernism includes ironic play with that of styles and there is a metaphysical
scepticism in relation to the post-modernist works. Postmodernism has traits of nihilism
towards the “grand narrative” of the Western culture. It has been stated by Shildrick (2015)
that postmodernism prefers virtual at expense of that of Real and postmodernism questions
about what ‘the real’ constitutes of. It can be stated that postmodernism is not natural kind
nor is it a material artefact. Postmodernism is not a theory and it bears signature of that of
intellectual’s movement. There have been many kinds of modernisms like theological,

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esthetic, literary, architectural and national. There were various literary Modernists like
Proust, Joyce along with Eliot and it avoided the linear temporality and progressive narrative
pertaining to Realist writers. According to Bergesen (2016), the postmodernist image is
completely different from the original and from any kind of supporting base. The infinite in
relation to post-modernist works does not express anything but it reflects each other. The
postmodernist works are devoid of any kind of “referential depth”. The seriograph of Andy
Warhol of that of twenty-five Marilyn Monroe can be said to be emblematic. The
postmodernist effect can be visible in the fact that this mechanical iteration was meant for
obliterating sitter. The works related to postmodernism can be said to be “radically eclectic”.
The eclecticism is instrumental in treating past like flea market in which one can easily get
the old functionless things.
According to Lash (2014), postmodernism can be stated to be universal human
disposition that knocks away all kinds of supports and it find compensation by raiding past.
The postmodern characteristics can be said to be mutually exclusive and it does not coalesce
with each other. An important characteristics in relation to post-modernism is fragmentation,
hyper reality, anti-foundationalism along with pluralism. Fragmentation is indicative of chaos
and dissolution of the established systems that occurred in the era of postmodernism. It has
been argued by Demand (2016) that post-modernism saw the relationship crumbling between
the various entities within a system. Another important feature in relation to postmodernism
is hyper reality that blurs the distinction that lie between reality and that of fantasy.
According to Baudrillard, hyper real can be said to be form of the reality which is constructed
on the basis of imagined plan. The most popular example in relation to hyper reality can be
stated to be Disneyland that integrates fantasy along with reality. According to Chrisman and
Williams (2015), anti-foundationalism can be said to be a deconstructive urge that has
antipathy towards the aspect of orthodoxy along with complacency. Deconstruction paves the