Tag Archives: Postmodern theory

Modernity

Modernity, a topic in the humanities and social sciences, is both a historical period (the modern era), as well as the ensemble of particular socio-cultural norms, attitudes and practices that arose in the wake of Renaissance, in the “Age of Reason” of 17th-century thought and the 18th-century “Enlightenment”. While it…

Modernity

Transmodernism

Transmodernism is a philosophical and cultural movement which was founded by Argentinian-Mexican philosopher Enrique Dussel. A critic of postmodernism, he instead refers to himself as a transmodernist and wrote a series of essays criticising the postmodern theory and advocating a transmodern way of thinking. Transmodernism is a development in thought…

Transmodernism

Post-anarchism

Post-anarchism or postanarchism is an anarchist philosophy that employs post-structuralist and postmodernist approaches (the term post-structuralist anarchism is used as well, so as not to suggest having moved beyond anarchism). Post-anarchism is not a single coherent theory, but rather refers to the combined works of any number of post-modernists and…

Post-anarchism

Postmodern feminism

Postmodern feminism is an approach to feminist theory that incorporates postmodern and post-structuralist theory, seeing itself as moving beyond the modernist polarities of liberal feminism and radical feminism. Feminism has been seen as having an affinity to postmodern philosophy through a shared interest in speech acts. Origins and theory Butler…

Postmodern feminism

Postmodern Christianity

The Christianity postmodern identifies various forms of Christianity that have been influenced by postmodern philosophy. Despite being a relatively recent development within Christianity, some Christian postmodernists claim that their style of thought has an affinity with fundamental Christian thinkers such as Augustine of Hippo and Thomas Aquinas, and renowned mystics…

Postmodern Christianity

Post-processual archaeology

Post-processual archaeology, which is sometimes alternately referred to as the interpretative archaeologies by its adherents, is a movement in archaeological theory that emphasizes the subjectivity of archaeological interpretations. Despite having a vague series of similarities, post-processualism consists of “very diverse strands of thought coalesced into a loose cluster of traditions”.…

Post-processual archaeology

Post-structuralism

Post-structuralism is associated with the works of a series of mid-20th-century French, continental philosophers and critical theorists who came to be known internationally in the 1960s and 1970s. The term is defined by its relationship to the system before it—Structuralism, an intellectual movement developed in Europe from the early to…

Post-structuralism

Abjection

The term abjection literally means “the state of being cast off.” The term has been explored in post-structuralism as that which inherently disturbs conventional identity and cultural concepts. Among the most popular interpretations of abjection is Julia Kristeva’s (pursued particularly in her work Powers of Horror). Kristeva describes subjective horror…

Abjection

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