Postmodernism

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aesthetic theory architectural movement art movement cultural movement intellectual movement literary movement philosophical movement

Postmodernism is a broad cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement characterized by skepticism toward grand narratives, playful irony, and the mixing of high and low cultural forms.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Postmodernism canonical	7
Postmodern art	6
postmodernism	3

Statements (84)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aesthetic theory ⓘ architectural movement ⓘ art movement ⓘ cultural movement ⓘ intellectual movement ⓘ literary movement ⓘ philosophical movement ⓘ
appliedTo	consumer culture ⓘ education theory ⓘ historiography ⓘ media theory ⓘ urban design ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	cultural relativism ⓘ deconstruction ⓘ difference ⓘ grand narrative ⓘ hyperreality ⓘ identity politics ⓘ metanarrative ⓘ post-structuralism ⓘ simulacra ⓘ the death of the author ⓘ the end of history ⓘ
contrastsWith	modernism ⓘ
criticizedBy	Jürgen Habermas ⓘ Noam Chomsky ⓘ
criticizedFor	nihilism ⓘ obscurantism ⓘ political quietism ⓘ relativism ⓘ
critiquesConcept	grand narrative ⓘ metanarrative ⓘ
developedFrom	modernism ⓘ
emergedInPeriod	mid-20th century ⓘ
emergedInRegion	North America ⓘ Western Europe ⓘ
gainedProminenceIn	1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	anti-foundationalism ⓘ cultural critique ⓘ decentering of the subject ⓘ fragmentation ⓘ intertextuality ⓘ irony ⓘ mixing of high and low culture ⓘ pastiche ⓘ playfulness ⓘ pluralism ⓘ rejection of universal truths ⓘ relativism ⓘ self-referentiality ⓘ skepticism toward grand narratives ⓘ suspicion of ideology ⓘ
hasKeyText	Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism ⓘ Simulacra and Simulation ⓘ The Postmodern Condition ⓘ
hasNotableProponent	Fredric Jameson ⓘ Gianni Vattimo ⓘ Jacques Derrida ⓘ Jean Baudrillard ⓘ Jean-François Lyotard ⓘ Michel Foucault ⓘ Richard Rorty ⓘ
influencedBy	Marxism ⓘ existentialism ⓘ linguistic turn in philosophy ⓘ phenomenology ⓘ psychoanalysis ⓘ structuralism ⓘ
influencedField	architecture ⓘ critical theory ⓘ cultural studies ⓘ film ⓘ literature ⓘ music ⓘ philosophy ⓘ sociology ⓘ theology ⓘ visual arts ⓘ
relatedMovement	post-structuralism ⓘ postmodern architecture ⓘ postmodern art ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ postmodern philosophy ⓘ

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Instruction

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# Requirements
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- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
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Subject: Postmodernism
Description of subject: Postmodernism is a broad cultural, artistic, and intellectual movement characterized by skepticism toward grand narratives, playful irony, and the mixing of high and low cultural forms.

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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Jeff Koons → movement → Postmodernism ⓘ

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Mein Name sei Gantenbein → literaryMovement → Postmodernism ⓘ

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Gehry House → designMovement → Postmodernism ⓘ

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Puppy by Jeff Koons → movement → Postmodernism ⓘ

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Conhecimento do Inferno → literaryMovement → Postmodernism ⓘ

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Moore/Andersson Compound, Austin, Texas → architecturalStyle → Postmodernism ⓘ

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Belarusian literature → influencedBy → Postmodernism ⓘ

Philip Johnson and Associates → architecturalStyle → Postmodernism ⓘ