Alright I'm not sure if this should go in this forum but seeing how postmodern thought came into being after 1900 I'll put it here.
Anyway my question is if could postmodernism as a way of thinking be avoided? Because it is hard to define postmodernism I am listing a few points that I think define it or brought it about:
High levels of consumerism and materialism. A world in which commerce and money are given great importance and anyone can be bought or sold. Teenage market power is a part of this as is the worship of choice.
A world were belief based on feeling trumps fact based in the rational order. (ei. a world where creationism is taken seriously only because many people believe it)
The collapse of the family as a social unit.
The collapse of a central authority and erosion of standards of conduct. Situational morality.
Therapeutic culture and awarding mediocracy. "It's not your fault so and so happened..." "You are a very special person..." etc.
Pervasive cynicism and excessive nihilism. The, "so what?" and impotent "what can I do about it?" attitude. In shorter words massive indifference.
The use of technology to make money in anti-humanist ways.
Preference of security over liberty. And at the same time there is liberalism in great amounts.
And the death of the individual through excessive individualism. If everybody is different and special then no one is different nor special.
The creation of pop-culture.
The information revolution brought by the internet.
Depthlessness and multitasking.
And the Hip-Attitude
What exactly brought the postmodern attitude is very hard to tell. But part of it believes that it was inevitable and that no matter what route you take you will end up in the same place. So is there a way to avoid it to make an AH which results in people thinking entirely differently and never getting to this point?
Anyway my question is if could postmodernism as a way of thinking be avoided? Because it is hard to define postmodernism I am listing a few points that I think define it or brought it about:
High levels of consumerism and materialism. A world in which commerce and money are given great importance and anyone can be bought or sold. Teenage market power is a part of this as is the worship of choice.
A world were belief based on feeling trumps fact based in the rational order. (ei. a world where creationism is taken seriously only because many people believe it)
The collapse of the family as a social unit.
The collapse of a central authority and erosion of standards of conduct. Situational morality.
Therapeutic culture and awarding mediocracy. "It's not your fault so and so happened..." "You are a very special person..." etc.
Pervasive cynicism and excessive nihilism. The, "so what?" and impotent "what can I do about it?" attitude. In shorter words massive indifference.
The use of technology to make money in anti-humanist ways.
Preference of security over liberty. And at the same time there is liberalism in great amounts.
And the death of the individual through excessive individualism. If everybody is different and special then no one is different nor special.
The creation of pop-culture.
The information revolution brought by the internet.
Depthlessness and multitasking.
And the Hip-Attitude
What exactly brought the postmodern attitude is very hard to tell. But part of it believes that it was inevitable and that no matter what route you take you will end up in the same place. So is there a way to avoid it to make an AH which results in people thinking entirely differently and never getting to this point?