Tuesday 11 September 2012

Defining Postmodernism


From Wikipedia (for those who feel lost hearing this word):

Postmodernism is a general and wide-ranging term which is applied to many disciplines, including literaturearteconomicsphilosophyarchitecturefiction, and literary criticism. Postmodernism is largely a reaction to scientific or objective efforts to explain reality. There is no consensus among scholars on the precise definition. In essence, postmodernism is based on the position that reality is not mirrored in human understanding of it, but is rather constructed as the mind tries to understand its own personal reality. Postmodernism is therefore skeptical of explanations that claim to be valid for all groups, cultures, traditions, or races, and instead focuses on the relative truths of each person. In the postmodern understanding, interpretation is everything; reality only comes into being through our interpretations of what the world means to us individually. Postmodernism relies on concrete experience over abstract principles, arguing that the outcome of one's own experience will necessarily be fallible and relative, rather than certain or universal.


Conclusion:
See, it didn't help at all explaining what postmodernism is. (We will shortly call it pomo). Don't worry about that, because in fact - we all know it by heart. That's what surrounds all day everyday: that cynical, skeptical state of mind which tries to doubt or change or fight against the whatever. You will realise how vast this subject is when you learn to appreciate its qualities. 

This blog will mostly talk about films but all comments are welcome. What's the best in pomo?It never stops at one subject, but flows on and changes like the air we breath.

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