1960-2000 CE
Postmodernism questions Enlightenment faith in reason, progress, and universal truth, rejecting grand narratives and absolute foundations.
Emerged 1960s-1970s. Lyotard's "The Postmodern Condition" (1979) defined philosophical postmodernism. Science wars contested approaches.
Jean-François Lyotard, Jean Baudrillard, Fredric Jameson, Richard Rorty, Judith Butler.
Incredulity toward meta-narratives. Social construction. Truth relative to context. Fragmentation. Plurality. Linguistic mediation. Fluid identity.
Shaped late 20th-century culture. Affected humanities and arts. Contributed to cultural studies. Relevant to “post-truth” politics.
