Postmodernism
What is the difference between the good postmodernism that theologians keep talking about, and the bad, conversation killing one that street preachers etc. talk about?
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What is the difference between the good postmodernism that theologians keep talking about, and the bad, conversation killing one that street preachers etc. talk about?
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The difference is that street preachers are not engaging with Derrida, Foucault, Lyotard, Deleuze, etc. The postmodernisms that they are engaging with are cultural developments, which in many respects have very little (if anything) to do with academic postmodernisms. Academic postmodernisms are not as easily dismissed as popular postmodernisms are and they have a lot of helpful lessons to teach us. For defining the work ‘postmodernism’, this is as good a place as any to start.
Thanks Ally, that’s always bugged me, “Why does Ally keep talking about postmodernism like it’s something good, when all I’ve heard about it is that it’s a label for people who force religion into the private sphere.”
I can’t say I’m particularly more knowledgable after (skim) reading that article, but maybe it’s just one of those words like ’schizophrenia’ that only a select few people understand the true meaning of, and in order to join their ranks, one must read books which are so heavy they block circulation to your legs, or brain.