I’m having trouble understanding what modernity and postmodernism mean and are. Based on the amount I understand about them, postmodernism sounds egoic with some truth to it, and modernity sounds like it has falsehoods but some truth to it.
When I try to understand what they are, I feel like I’m hearing a stereotypical feminine English person talking like the guy from The School of Life, Jordan Peterson, or Stephen Fry in that one A Bit of Fry & Laurie sketch that parodies it.
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I don’t think these things should be understood as definitive sources of “truth” that supercede prior movements and try to replace them.
They are “modes of inquiry,” and can be seen casually in some ways as fads, or fashions.
If you are a plain-talking straight-dealing individual, I’m not surprised that you have trouble with this– this is not a “you” thing. One of the philosophers who coined “postmodernism,” Fredric Jameson, has been (facetiously) awarded prizes for being the [worst writer in the English language.](http://www.denisdutton.com/bad_writing.htm)
Just to pause for a bit, your question refers to “modernity” which is a similar sounding word to “modernist.” However, “modernity” is a little different from the “modernist” movement that was prominent starting around maybe 1920 or so.
There are a few places on the web that boil down postmodernism to a series of bullet points that contrast with modernism– seek those out.
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