Eli5: What is modernism and post-modernism?

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Eli5: What is modernism and post-modernism?

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The song I.G.Y from Donald Fagen’s 1982 solo album The Nightfly captures the pure sentiment of Modernism perfectly, though I think there MAY be an ironic undertone, Given Fagen’s usual slightly snarky tone.

“Get your ticket to that wheel in space while there’s time,

The fix is in

You’ll be a witness to that game of chance in the sky

You know we’ve got to win

Here at home we’ll play in the city

Powered by the sun

Perfect weather for a streamlined world

There’ll be spandex jackets, one for everyone”

Great album by the way. Worth a listen all the way through.

Edit: added lyrics

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