Postmodernism developed after World War 2 across various fields like philosophy, art, and architecture. It rejects the notion of absolute truth and morality, instead affirming relativism. Some influential postmodernist thinkers include Jean Baudrillard who discussed concepts like hyperreality and simulacra, and Jean-Francois Lyotard who argued that we live in a world with more information and less meaning. Lyotard also discussed the rejection of "meta-narratives" and their influence on feminism in his book "The Postmodern Condition."

1. POST-MODERNISM

2. POST-MODRNISM
•It began after the 2nd world war.
•That was developed in mid-to-late 20th century across
philosophy, arts, architecture and criticism.
•This movement came into being after the modernism age.

3. WHAT IS MODERNISM?

4. IDEAS:
1. Post-modernism denies the possibility of truth.
2. Post- modernism denies morality.
3. Post-modernism affirms relativism, but doesn’t
anchoring of the social values in the truth.

5. SOME (IN)FAMOUS
“POST-MODERNISTS”
JEAN BAUDRILLARD:
“Hyper –reality and simulations/simulacra”
JEAN-FRANÇOIS LYOTARD
“We live in a world
where there is more
and more information,
and less and less
meaning.”
“THE POST-MODERNISM CONDITION: A
REPORT ON KNOWLEDGE”
“Simplifying to the extreme, I define post-modern
as incredulity towards meta-narratives”

6. SIMULARICA & SIMULATION
Simulation
The process in which a representation of something comes to replace the
thing which is actually being represented.
The representation then becomes more important than “the real thing”.
Simulacra
When a sign loses its relation to reality, it then begins to simulate a
simulation.
Hyper reality
Division between "real" and simulation has collapsed, therefore an illusion
of an object is no longer possible because the real object is no longer
there.

8. META- NARRATIVES AND FEMINISM IN
POSTMODERNISM
•Jean Francois Lyotard
•His famous book: “The postmodernism
condition: A report on knowledge.”
•Meta-narratives.
•Feminism