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#112263 09/16/03 10:10 PM
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Does anyone have a working definition of postmodernism? something a little more than what the dictionary has to offer.


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That's a tough one. I have only a fuzzy notion. Here's a longer discussion: http://www.colorado.edu/English/ENGL2012Klages/pomo.html




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How about:

Postmodernism; a term with the sole purpose of showing the intellectual poverty of using the term modern to describe anything.


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I have only a fuzzy notion - for all I know, that's what you need in post-modern time.


#112267 09/17/03 12:28 PM
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I think first we need to deconstruct the term.


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We need to subvert the dominant paradigm by performing a post-Wiccan analysis of the text, or "text."


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subvert the dominant paradigm

I prefer inverting the subdominant something or other. Cygne? Muzick?


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Subvert the hegemony!


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I did our hedge under last weekend, but I didn't get paid.


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I prefer inverting the subdominant something or other

Go fourth and resolve. Amen.


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