Post Modernism (Essay Sample)

Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Subject Date Post Modernism Post Modernism in simple words is a reaction to the modern era of western philosophy that started in the late 20th century. It is a broader concept that applies to literature, art, sociology, and communication. It is also a reaction to efforts made by science and technology to explain nature. CITATION Dui20 \l 1033 (Duignan). It denies the concept of universal truth and anything that applies to all the population. It describes that every individual has distinctive characteristics so no specific statement can be true for every individual. It challenges the values and ideas related to the modern age and also denies the concept of natural reality and considers it an artifact of science. Modern science claims that humans can make progress using technology but postmodernism denies it by giving an example of destruction in wars by weapons which is the creation of modern science. Postmodernism denies the concept that logic and reason are universally applicable as they can be applied to their established domain only. Postmodernist believes that all human behavior is determined by the environment independent of genetics. It states that there is...