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1,327 words, approx. 4 pages A movement in the arts and humanities known as post-modernism gained a foothold in Western society in the 1980s and 1990s. The term was coined originally by architects in the early 1970s to designate an architectural style that aimed to break away from... summary from source:
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1,312 words, approx. 4 pagesPostmodernism The term "postmodernism" first emerged in the 1950s to describe new architectural and literary movements that opposed commonly accepted canons regarding the unity and coherence of narratives and artistic styles.... summary from source:
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3,882 words, approx. 13 pages The word "postmodernism" means many things to many people. To some it describes a fad or a personal style, to others, a theory of society, a philosophy of human significance (or its lack thereof), a historical epoch, a phase of capitalist... summary from source:
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3,062 words, approx. 10 pagesIn 1959, C. Wright Mills speculated that "the Modern Age is being succeeded by a post-modern period" in which assumptions about the coherence of the Enlightenment values of scientific rationality and political freedom were being... summary from source:
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The New York Observer Radical Professors: The New Brain Trust?
3/20/2005: 1,993 words, approx. 7 pagesWhen Howard Dean hit New York several weeks ago, he made two stunning but characteristic comments. Speaking with fervor at the final D.N.C. forum prior to his election as party chairman, he explained to the assembled flock that he didn't just disagree with Republicans on...
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 Peter L. McLaren and Colin Lankshear
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In the following essay, McLaren and Lankshear examine the impact of postmodernist literary thought on education and society.
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Richard E. Palmer
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In the following essay, Palmer defends his postulation that postmodernism is an aesthetic movement of limited duration, and that modernity indicates the era beginning with the Renaissance and continuing into the present.
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Miriam Marty Clark
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In the following essay, Clark examines the viability of the short story in the age of postmodernist literature.)
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Essay Grade: 78%How Has the Postmodern Discipline Changed the Way History Has Been Told?
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Postmodernism, a term that, by its own definition, is difficult to define, is a line of thought that goes against the established theories of modernism. Postmodernism was brought to the fore during the second half of the twentieth century and still remains the discipline of choice of many historians today. It is best known, and equally best hated, for its scepticism. Before we get as far as the way history has been told, postmodernism examines the way history is. For instance, R.G. Collingwood constantly st summary from source:
Essay Grade: 83%Postmodernism and Kurt Vonnegut
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Around 1946 Postmodernist literature arose. Writers and thinkers of the time extended the former modernist characteristics to the extreme. A well-known postmodernist author is Kurt Vonnegut. New American Fiction and the Practice of Criticism gave different reasons for Slaughterhouse Five's success.
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