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Postmodernism

The Fundamentalists

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Language and Postmodernism

The chapter explores the concept of language and its connection to postmodernism, raising questions about dictionaries, word associations, and the idea of language as a web of connections. It also discusses the relationship between language and reality, touching on the conservative-liberal divide and the perspective that language reflects the nature of reality. Additionally, the power of language to elicit emotions through poetry and music is debated, along with the emergence of postmodernism in the historical context of disillusionment after World Wars.

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