Post-modernism

From Geography

Since the ’60 postmodernism dominates in the literature, arts and architecture. In the late 1980’s the postmodernism became a trend in human geography. Postmodernism is a theoratical approach to human geography. This approach is born as an critique approach against the modernism. The postmodernism rejects the theory of the modernism. That means that the postmodernism doesn’t believe in the absolute truth and that every person has it’s own truth. Nobody is able to doubt about others truth because life-experiences and personal visions create a personal truth. This is for every person different.

As told before the postmodernism is a critique approach against the modernism. The modernism exist since the 17th century and is also called as the enlightment. The modernistic peoples are interested in the working of the world en they think that they can understand the world as an absolute truth. Own experiences and reasons to believe in a own truth are rejected bij the modernism.

The postmodernist is convinced about the “fact” that everybody is equal. The postmodernist people are concerned about the world around us. The way people use the world is not the right way, the economical system is not fair and the ratio between the poor and the rich people is wrong. Concludes can be said that in many ways the postmodernism is an apposite approach against the modernism.

References:

Postmodernisme, wat is de waarheid?, http://www.allaboutphilosophy.org/dutch/postmodernisme.htm, 11 october 2010

Verhoeven M,Glossarium, http://www.verhoevenmarc.be/PDF/Glossarium.pdf, 11 october 2010.

Aitken S, Valentine G,2010, Approaches to Human Geography, California, London, New Delhi, Singapore,Sage

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