Is postmodernism just relativism gone mad?

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Is postmodernism just relativism gone mad?

2007-05-17 16:07:10 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy

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No, I think post modernism is a reaction to the simple "function over form" attitude of modernism. Post modernism is a return to the appreciation of embellishment, which was the bane of modernism.

Deconstruction could be be characterized as relativism gone mad.

2007-05-20 10:38:35 · answer #1 · answered by M O R P H E U S 7 · 7⤊ 0⤋