In this case we are using the term 'modern' in reference to 'Modernism', the rejection of tradition. Modernism waved goodbye to the traditional forms or art,politics, literature, religion and even daily life as they were outdated in the newly emerging industrialised world.
Society began to believe only in progress, developments must be in technology and the economy otherwise there would be no point in existence. A 'grand narrative' such as the bible (or as I like to think of it as; Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth) was used to highlight the pitfalls of the past and why progression is needed. Marxism was an influence to this new way of thinking, the theory of Marxism is this;
Thesis --> Anti Thesis --> Synthesis
According to this theory, when an idea is created it is then presented with 'anti-ideas' which leads to a review of the pro & cons of the idea which results in the creation of a better idea(synthesis). This sounds all well and good but there is the chance that the idea can be stuck in an endless loop between 'thesis' and 'anti-thesis', ideas end up being constantly bounced off each to no resolve.
So if there's no ideas being created to further development society then is there no point in exsisting? Well have no fear, POMO IS HERE! (I apologise for the cheesiness, I couldn't resist...)
Pomo (Post-modernism) is as the name suggests the movement which came after the 'Modern' era. Post-modernism in a way became almost like an anti-modernism, reacting or rejecting trends from modernism thus rejecting the whole point of modernism, progress. Post-modernism juxtaposed old and new styles, combining them as it seen fit in an "art for art's sake" approach.
I was flicking in through YouTube looking for videos that would enlighten me for this post and I came across this;
In layman's terms that's not a bad summary of Post-modernism. Post-modernism thrives on parody and irony, doing 'weird for the sake of weird' and I like that because sometimes you have to smash all of what's traditional and get in touch with your random side.
So if there's no ideas being created to further development society then is there no point in exsisting? Well have no fear, POMO IS HERE! (I apologise for the cheesiness, I couldn't resist...)
Pomo (Post-modernism) is as the name suggests the movement which came after the 'Modern' era. Post-modernism in a way became almost like an anti-modernism, reacting or rejecting trends from modernism thus rejecting the whole point of modernism, progress. Post-modernism juxtaposed old and new styles, combining them as it seen fit in an "art for art's sake" approach.
I was flicking in through YouTube looking for videos that would enlighten me for this post and I came across this;
Moe's summary of Post-Modernism
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