Previous: Modernism Postmodernism is any of a wide-ranging set of developments in critical theory, philosophy, architecture, art, literature, history, and culture, which are generally characterized as either emerging from, in reaction to, or superseding modernism. It can apply to movements in the arts, to mean stylistic developments such as collage, the return of ornament and historical reference, as well as appropriation of popular media. In sociology postmodernism is said to be an economic and cultural c ...

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• Postmodernism - Uses of the term
• Postmodernism - The development of postmodernism
• Postmodernism - Early usage of the term
• Postmodernism - Deconstruction
• Postmodernism - Postmodernism's manifestations
• Postmodernism - Postmodernism in language
• Postmodernism - Postmodernism in art
• Postmodernism - Postmodernism in architecture
• Postmodernism - Postmodernism in literature
• Postmodernism - Postmodernism in music
• Postmodernism - Postmodernism in political science
• Postmodernism - Postmodernism in philosophy
• Postmodernism - Postmodernism and post-structuralism
• Postmodernism - Postmodernity and digital communications
• Postmodernism - Postmodernism and its critics
• Postmodernism - Relationship between modernism and postmodernism
• Postmodernism - Theoretical postmodernism
• Postmodernism - Cultural and political postmodernism
• Postmodernism - Notes

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Postmodernism, Postmodernism - Uses of the term, Postmodernism - Art, Postmodernism - Sociology, Postmodernism - Lifestyle, Postmodernism - Philosophy, Postmodernism - A general definition, Postmodernism - The development of postmodernism, Postmodernism - Early usage of the term, Postmodernism - Deconstruction, Postmodernism - Postmodernism's manifestations, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in language, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in art, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in architecture, Postmodernism - Postmodernism and Urban Design, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in graphic design, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in literature, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in music, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in political science, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in philosophy, Postmodernism - Postmodernism and post-structuralism, Postmodernism - Postmodernity and digital communications, Postmodernism - Postmodernism and its critics, Postmodernism - Relationship between modernism and postmodernism, Postmodernism - Theoretical postmodernism, Postmodernism - Cultural and political postmodernism, Postmodernism - Notes

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Postmodernism - Postmodernism in language. Important to postmodernism's role in language is the focus on the implied meaning of words and forms the power structures that are accepted as part of the way words are used, from the use of the word "Man" with a capital "M" to refer to the collective humanity, to the default of the word "he" in English as a pronoun for a person of gender unknown to the speaker, or as a casual replacement for the word "one". This, however, is merely the most obvious example of the changing relation ...

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Postmodernism, Postmodernism - Uses of the term, Postmodernism - Art, Postmodernism - Sociology, Postmodernism - Lifestyle, Postmodernism - Philosophy, Postmodernism - A general definition, Postmodernism - The development of postmodernism, Postmodernism - Early usage of the term, Postmodernism - Deconstruction, Postmodernism - Postmodernism's manifestations, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in language, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in art, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in architecture, Postmodernism - Postmodernism Planning & Urban Design, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in graphic design, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in literature, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in music, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in political science, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in philosophy, Postmodernism - Postmodernism and post-structuralism, Postmodernism - Postmodernity and digital communications, Postmodernism - Postmodernism and its critics, Postmodernism - Relationship between modernism and postmodernism, Postmodernism - Theoretical postmodernism, Postmodernism - Cultural and political postmodernism, Postmodernism - Notes

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The famous Bank of China Tower on Hong Kong Island, a blade-like design by I.M. Pei (not a feng shui adept), was supposedly a deliberate curse upon the Government House and the former British administration. No updated version of this fable exists to explain effects on the current occupants. In fact, the Citigroup building which sits right next to the Bank of China Tower is a direct target of its blade like design, in theory severing all the good chi. The architects of the Citigroup building therefore designed it with a curved facade in order to shield and deflect the negative elements eminating f ...

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Feng Shui, Feng Shui - Overview, Feng Shui - Archaeology, Feng Shui - Feng Shui in More Recent Times, Feng Shui - Postmodernism, Feng Shui - Combination of Statistics and Scientific, Feng Shui - Miscellaneous, Feng Shui - Other usages

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One theme in particular that Žižek addresses is postmodernism, which confronts psychoanalysis with new questions. By virtue of the demise of a patriarchally structured society and firmly established, authoritarian models of order, the Oedipus complex - one of the cornerstones of psychoanalysis - begins to falter. Ideology constitutes itself, so to speak, from both sides of the coin: both from the values openly proclaimed by a political system and also its so-called hidden underside or dirty secret - that is, an ideology's implicitly ...

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Slavoj Žižek, Slavoj Žižek - The formation of the subject, Slavoj Žižek - The real the symbolic and the imaginary, Slavoj Žižek - The real, Slavoj Žižek - The symbolic, Slavoj Žižek - The imaginary, Slavoj Žižek - Postmodernism, Slavoj Žižek - Politicization, Slavoj Žižek - Critique, Slavoj Žižek - Works

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Postmodernism - Postmodernism in language. Important to postmodernism's role in language is the focus on the implied meaning of words and forms the power structures that are accepted as part of the way words are used, from the use of the word "Man" with a capital "M" to refer to the collective humanity, to the default of the word "he" in English as a pronoun for a person of gender unknown to the speaker, or as a casual replacement for the word "one". This, however, is merely the most obvious example of the changing relation ...

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Postmodernism, Postmodernism - Uses of the term, Postmodernism - The development of postmodernism, Postmodernism - Early usage of the term, Postmodernism - Deconstruction, Postmodernism - Postmodernism's manifestations, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in language, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in art, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in architecture, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in graphic design, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in literature, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in music, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in political science, Postmodernism - Postmodernism in philosophy, Postmodernism - Postmodernism and post-structuralism, Postmodernism - Postmodernity and digital communications, Postmodernism - Postmodernism and its critics, Postmodernism - Relationship between modernism and postmodernism, Postmodernism - Theoretical postmodernism, Postmodernism - Cultural and political postmodernism, Postmodernism - Notes

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The term contemporary art generally refers to art being done now. The use of the literal adjective "contemporary" to define this period in art history is partly due to the lack of any distinct or dominant school of art as recognized by artists, art historians and critics. It tends to include art made from the late 1960s to the present, or after the end of modern art or the Modernist period. Art made or performed since Modernism is also sometimes called postmodern art, but as postmodernism can refer to both a historical timeframe and a ...

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• Contemporary art - Trends in contemporary art
• Contemporary art - Contemporary Art Museums
• Contemporary art - Prizes

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Feng Shui or fengshui (Simplified: 风水; Traditional: 風水; Hanyu Pinyin: fēngshuǐ; IPA: /fɤŋ ʂueɪ/ ( listen) is the ancient Chinese practice of placement and arrangement of space to achieve harmony with the environment that has its origins from Taoism. The practice is est ...

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• Feng Shui - Overview
• Feng Shui - Archaeology
• Feng Shui - Feng Shui in More Recent Times
• Feng Shui - Postmodernism
• Feng Shui - Combination of Statistics and Scientific
• Feng Shui - Miscellaneous
• Feng Shui - Other usages

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Nihilism as a philosophical position is the view that the world, and especially human existence, is without meaning, purpose, comprehensible truth, or essential value. Some philosophers are considered nihilists if they hold the philosophical position that either (1) nothing exists (all there is is nothing), (2) the reality we humans experience does not exist at all as we see it, or (3) reality is unknowable, and thus the pursuit of objective understanding is pointless. It is more often a charge leveled against a particular idea ...

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• Nihilism - Etymological Origins
• Nihilism - Nihilism in Philosophy
• Nihilism - Nihilism in Ethics and Morality
• Nihilism - Postmodernism and the Breakdown of Knowledge
• Nihilism - Nihilism and Nietzsche
• Nihilism - Nihilism Self-consistency and Paradox
• Nihilism - Nihilism in Art
• Nihilism - Dadaism
• Nihilism - Nihilism in Literature
• Nihilism - Nihilism in Music
• Nihilism - Books on Nihilism

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Politics is the process by which decisions are made within groups. Although the term is generally applied to behavior within governments, politics is also observed in all human group interactions, including corporate, academic, and religious institutions. Politics Politics Portal Politics by country Political campaigns Political science Political philosophy Ideology History of democracy Direct democracy Representativ ...

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• Politics - A natural state
• Politics - Early history
• Politics - Definitions
• Politics - Political power
• Politics - The Normative 'Faces of Power' Debate
• Politics - The Postmodern Challenge of Normative Views of Power
• Politics - Sociological Views of Power
• Politics - Authority and legitimacy
• Politics - Traditional
• Politics - Charismatic
• Politics - Legal-rational
• Politics - References

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Architectural history studies the evolution and history of architecture across the world through a consideration of various influences- artistic, cultural, political, economic and technological. In general, the question is one of relating meaning (intangible functions, purposes, symbols) with the built environment (material tables, windows, roofs, paths) through the necessities of life (food, work, communion etc.) within the historical context. Architectural history, like any other form of historical knowledge, is subject to the limit ...

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• Architectural history - Prehistoric architecture
• Architectural history - Historic architecture Dated Events
• Architectural history - Ancient architecture
• Architectural history - Western Architecture — Classical to Eclecticism
• Architectural history - Classical architecture
• Architectural history - Medieval architecture
• Architectural history - Italian Renaissance architecture
• Architectural history - Baroque architecture
• Architectural history - The Age of Enlightenment
• Architectural history - Consequences of Enlightenment
• Architectural history - Modern architecture and beyond
• Architectural history - Writing Tabula Rasa
• Architectural history - Postmodern architecture
• Architectural history - Critical Regionalism
• Architectural history - Regional architecture

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Main article: Medieval art Most surviving art from the Medieval period was religious in focus, often funded by the Church, powerful ecclesiastical individuals such as bishops, communal groups such as abbeys, or wealthy secular patrons. Many had specific liturgical functions — processional crosses and altarpieces, for example. One of the central questions about Medieval art concerns its lack of realism. A great deal of knowledge of perspective in art and understanding of the human figure was lost with the fall of Rome. ...

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• Western art history - Medieval art
• Western art history - Romanesque
• Western art history - The Renaissance
• Western art history - From Gothic to the Renaissance
• Western art history - Early Renaissance
• Western art history - High Renaissance
• Western art history - Northern Renaissance
• Western art history - Mannerism Baroque and Rococo
• Western art history - Neoclassicism Romanticism Academism and Realism
• Western art history - Modern Art
• Western art history - Contemporary and Postmodern art

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postmodern dance led to: contemporary dance dance improvisation contact improvisation dance for camera dance technology the concept of all movement as dance the postmodern choreographic process see also: 20th century concert dance ...

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Postmodern dance, Postmodern dance - The influence of postmodern dance, Postmodern dance - The postmodern choreographic process, Postmodern dance - Founders of postmodern dance

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Postmodern philosophy - Early influences in postmodern philosophy. Postmodern philosophy originated primarily in France during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. However, it was greatly influenced by the writings of several earlier 20th century philosophers, including phenomenologists Edmund Husserl and Martin Heidegger, psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, structuralist Roland Barthes, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. Postmodern philosophy also drew from the world of the arts, particularly Marcel Duchamp and artists who practiced collage. See also:

Postmodern philosophy, Postmodern philosophy - History of postmodern philosophy, Postmodern philosophy - Early influences in postmodern philosophy, Postmodern philosophy - Early postmodern philosophers, Postmodern philosophy - Later postmodern philosophers, Postmodern philosophy - Postmodernism and post-structuralism, Postmodern philosophy - Postmodernism versus postmodernity, Postmodern philosophy - Links

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The postmodern choreographic process may reflect the following elements: post-structuralism / deconstructivism parody irony jouissance revisionism hyperreality Death of the Author see also: choreographic technique ...

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Postmodern dance, Postmodern dance - The influence of postmodern dance, Postmodern dance - The postmodern choreographic process, Postmodern dance - Founders of postmodern dance

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Postmodern music - Modernist influences and postmodern philosophy. In the modern period, recording of music was seen as a way of transcribing an external event, as a photograph is supposed to record a moment in time. However, with the invention of magnetic tape in the 1930's the ability to directly edit a recording, and create a result which did not actually occur, made it possible for a recording to be viewed as the end product of artistic work itself. Through the 1950's, most music, even popular music, presented itself as the capturing of a performance, even if t ...

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Postmodern music, Postmodern music - The postmodern musical style, Postmodern music - Modernist influences and postmodern philosophy, Postmodern music - Postmodern techniques and their application, Postmodern music - The emergence of postmodern styles, Postmodern music - The postmodern musical condition: the condition of music in postmodernity, Postmodern music - Causes and theories of post-modernity in music, Postmodern music - Composers cited as important to postmodern music, Postmodern music - Sources

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Lyotard's work is characterised by a persistent opposition to universals, meta-narratives, and generality. He is fiercely critical of many of the 'universalist' claims of the Enlightenment, and several of his works serve to undermine the fundamental principles that generate these broad claims. Most famously, in La Condition postmoderne: Rapport sur le savoir (The Postmodern Condition: A Report on Knowledge) (1979), he argued that our age (the postmodern condition of the book's title) is marked by an 'incredulity towards metanarratives ...

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Jean-François Lyotard, Jean-François Lyotard - Political life, Jean-François Lyotard - The collapse of ethics, Jean-François Lyotard - The sublime, Jean-François Lyotard - Criticism, Jean-François Lyotard - Later life and death

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Postmodernity - Philosophy and Critical Theory. Within philosophy and critical theory the use of the term "post-modernity" tends to cluster around two bodies of opinion. One argues that the modern project is completed, and that post-structuralism, specifically with anti-foundationalist ideas, must be incorporated into, or supplant, modern notions of criticism. For this group the work of Lyotard, Baudrillard, Foucault and Jameson represents a definitive reply to the modern project. In general the belief in this ra ...

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Postmodernity, Postmodernity - Brief Introduction to the Uses of the Term, Postmodernity - Descriptions of postmodernity, Postmodernity - Philosophy and Critical Theory, Postmodernity - Traits of Postmodernity, Postmodernity - Social Sciences, Postmodernity - As a stylistic approach, Postmodernity - General usage, Postmodernity - Postmodernity versus post-modernism, Postmodernity - Brief history of postmodernity, Postmodernity - Criticisms of Post-Modernity, Postmodernity - Anti-Modernity Critiques, Postmodernity - Modernist Critiques of Post-Modernity, Postmodernity - Critiques within Post-Modernity, Postmodernity - Studies in postmodernity, Postmodernity - Bibliography

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Postmodernity has been said to have gone through two relatively distinct phases: the first phase beginning in the 1950's and running through the end of the Cold War, where analog dissemination of information produced sharp limits on the width of channels, and encouraged a few authoritative media channels, and the second beginning with the explosion of cable television, internetworking and the end of the Cold War and the expansion of "new media" ba ...

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Postmodernity, Postmodernity - Brief Introduction to the Uses of the Term, Postmodernity - Descriptions of postmodernity, Postmodernity - Philosophy and Critical Theory, Postmodernity - Traits of Postmodernity, Postmodernity - Social Sciences, Postmodernity - As a stylistic approach, Postmodernity - General usage, Postmodernity - Postmodernity versus post-modernism, Postmodernity - Brief history of postmodernity, Postmodernity - Criticisms of Post-Modernity, Postmodernity - Anti-Modernity Critiques, Postmodernity - Modernist Critiques of Post-Modernity, Postmodernity - Critiques within Post-Modernity, Postmodernity - Studies in postmodernity, Postmodernity - Bibliography

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A Christian theological definition of Postmodernism according to CARM - The Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry:

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