1. Postmodernism and Modernism
Totality, stability, and order, Lyotard argues, are maintained in modern societies through the means of "grand narratives" or "master narratives", which are stories a culture tells itself about its practices and beliefs. ... Every belief system has its grand narratives like for instance Marxism. ... Postmodernism then is the critique of grand narratives, the awareness that such narratives serve to mask the contradictions and instabilities that are associated with any social group or practice. ... Postmodernism rejects grand narratives and favors "mini-narratives," stories that explain small...
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