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If Truth is Relative, Nothing Is Wrong
The Bankruptcy of Postmodernism
We are living in a very confused, deeply divided culture that is downwind from the postmodernist heyday of the late 20th century. Though its popularity among academics (and many activists) has waned, postmodernism’s cancerous tumors continue to savage our society.
If you think that I’m calling postmodernism a cancer, you are correct. And if you feel I’m laying the blame for much of society’s ills at the feet of postmodernism, you are again correct.
I hate and loathe postmodernism. And if you love civilized society, you should too. And here’s why…
What is Postmodernism?
Given its nature, postmodernism is tough to define. At least it’s tough to arrive at a definition generally agreed upon by academics and postmodernists. But here’s a pretty good attempt…
Postmodernism is characterized by broad skepticism, subjectivism, and/or relativism. It constitutes a general suspicion of and skepticism toward any established narrative or truth claim.
Postmodernists maintain that propositional truth claims are inevitably constructed within the quagmire of individual or group perspectives, linguistic limitations, and cultural contexts. Furthermore, postmodern thinkers argue…
