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Episode #118 ... A Basic Look At Postmodernism

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A Post Modernist, Self Identity Can Be as Simple as This Picture the Enlightenment Paints

To a post modernist, self identity cannot be as simple as this picture the enlightenment paints about it. And to try to speak about self identity solely in terms of looking at how people relate to binary oppositions is a mistake. The solution to so many of the problems modernity has produced lies in fragmentation. An extremely common tactic suggested by post modernists when trying to find solutions to the ible problems these grand narratives cause. Fragmentation of rigid sets of ideas, academic consensus and things like that. This fragmentation extends all the way down to the concept of society itself. Why would you want any one society to be more fragmented? I mean, a unified society is a powerful society. What

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