Postmodernism: References & Edit History
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- Continental philosophyFoucault
- Ethical relativismEthical relativism and postmodernism
- geographyInfluence of the social sciences
- HistoriographyThe presentation of history
- Philosophy of educationFeminist, multiculturalist, and postmodern criticisms
- Political philosophyFoucault and postmodernism
- Postmaterialism
- skepticismPostmodernism
- international relationsConstructivism
- Jean-François Lyotard
Additional Reading
General studies of philosophical postmodernism include Steven Best, The Politics of Historical Vision: Marx, Foucault, and Habermas (1995); Steven Best and Douglas Kellner, Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations (1991), The Postmodern Turn (1997), and The Postmodern Adventure: Science, Technology, and Cultural Studies at the Third Millennium (2001); David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity (1989); and Ihab Hassan, The Postmodern Turn: Essays in Postmodern Theory and Culture (1987). Jean-François Lyotard, The Postmodern Condition (1984), is a classic statement of postmodern conceptions of history and society.
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Brian Duignan
Brian Duignan is a senior editor at Encyclopædia Britannica. His subject areas include philosophy, law, social science, politics, political theory, and religion.
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Article History
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| Article title updated for style. | Nov 04, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: K12 LibreTexts - Pragmatism and Post-Modernism. | Sep 25, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: NOVA Open Publishing - Writing the Nation: A Concise Introduction to American Literature 1865-Present - Postmodernism. | Jul 30, 2026 | ||
| Media revised. | Dec 19, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Counterpoint - Postmodernism Is Dead. | Nov 24, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Humanities LibreTexts - Postmodernism. | Sep 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Simply Psychology - Postmodernism in Sociology: Characteristics, and Examples. | Apr 21, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Postmodernism. | Feb 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Victoria and Albert Museum - What is Postmodernism? | Oct 21, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts - Cultural Studies and Postmodernism: An Introduction. | Sep 09, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Purdue University - College of Liberal Arts - Introduction to Postmodernism. | Jul 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Kansas State University Libraries - Social Foundations of K-12 Education - Postmodernism. | Mar 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Postmodernism. | Feb 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Central Florida Pressbooks - Introduction to Philosophy - What is Postmodernism? | Jan 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Postmodernism. | Nov 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Alabama - Department of Anthropology - Postmodernism and Its Critics. | Mar 31, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: MITPress - Pragmatism. | Dec 23, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - Introduction to Philosophy - Postmodernism. | Dec 02, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Tate - Postmodernism. | Sep 06, 2022 | ||
| Article revised to mention the work of Julia Kristeva. | Sep 04, 2020 | ||
| Revised characterization of the period whose intellectual assumptions and values are rejected by postmodernism. | Oct 18, 2018 | ||
| Replaced photograph. | Oct 11, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Basics of Philosophy - Post-Modernism. | Aug 17, 2018 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jul 14, 2017 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 14, 2014 | ||
| New article added. | Jun 10, 2009 |
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