ERIC Number: EJ1227839
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Aug
Pages: 36
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The Real but Greatly Exaggerated Death of Postmodernism
Hanson, Steve
Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, v17 n2 p279-314 Aug 2019
This paper tracks the managing-out of Postmodernism in UK universities, before casting doubt on the tendency to declare its death. Firstly, Postmodernism's current status as 'geist' is defined and the question is put as to whether Postmodernity is dead in the university. I use Google Ngrams and data from the main three academic libraries I am affiliated to in order to broadly answer in the positive. That the collapse of Postmodernism maps out on the crash of 2008 suggests that Postmodernism's 'geist bubble' may have been enabled by access to credit, by a finance bubble. However, the paper then describes the emergent academic terms 'post-postmodern', 'aftermodern', 'neomodernism', 'Metamodernism' and the 'New Sincerity' -- suggested new paradigms coming after Postmodernism -- critically, as they are all rooted in Postmodern theory or postmodern culture, for instance the writing of Fredric Jameson and David Foster Wallace.
Descriptors: Postmodernism, Universities, Computer Software, Academic Libraries, Credit (Finance), Economic Factors, Educational Philosophy, Foreign Countries, Social Class, Social Differences, Debt (Financial), Deception, Ethics, Language Usage
Institute for Education Policy Studies. University of Northampton, School of Education, Boughton Green Road, Northampton, NN2 7AL, UK. Tel: +44-1273-270943; e-mail: ieps@ieps.org.uk; Web site: http://www.jceps.com
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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