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'Post-modernism' - just what is it? |
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I recently came across this quotation from Richard Foster and thought it may be an interesting article to share with readers. 'Post-modernism' is a word which gets bandied around today, but many people are still unsure exactly what it means.He writes...At the mid-point of the twentieth century philosopher D. Elton Trueblood dubbed Western Culture a 'cut-flower society'; that is, while we still exhibited a certain cultural strength and power, it was a passing beauty because our spiritual roots had been severed. In the years since that perceptive - even prophetic - characterisation we have witnessed the flower wilt and dry up. As a culture, we have sown the wind and we are now reaping the whirlwind. Anyone who does not recognize this is simply ignorant of the harsh realities of modern life. (I need not enumerate these realities - you see them every night on CNN or the BBC.) Now, I know that in saying this I am not sounding wonderfully positive and optimistic. But, friends, this is what has happened to our society and we might just as well own up to it. The catch-word people use for this sweeping change in our cultural landscape is 'post-modernism,' and it simply means that we have cut ourselves off from all the ancient anchors of reality, truth, and virtue. For the post-modernist 'reality' is what we are making up as we go along, 'truth' is what we decide it is, and 'virtue' is reduced to being politically correct. (Post-modernism has also served the positive role of undermining the arrogance of scientific naturalism commonly called modernism.)
From Richard Foster - Heart to Heart Nov 1999 |
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