different between postmodern vs reconstructivism

English

Alternative forms

• pomo
• post-modern

Etymology

From post- +? modern.

Adjective

postmodern (comparative more postmodern, superlative most postmodern)

1. Of, relating to, or having the characteristics of postmodernism, especially as represented in art, architecture, literature, science, or philosophy that reacts against an earlier modernism.
   • 1937, John Q. Stewart, "An Astronomer Looks at the Modern Epoch," The Scientific Monthly, vol. 44, no. 5 (May), page 402,

     The nearer is a fact to the temporary limits of knoweldge, the more implicated becomes this regression and the more blurred ought to be statement of fact. Bridgman of Harvard recently has emphasized this conclusion, but his postmodern position has as yet made small impression.

   • 2001, Kristen Renwick Monroe, "Paradigm Shift: From Rational Choice to Perspective," International Political Science Review, vol. 22, no. 2. (Apr), page 167 n22,

     What I am objecting to is that aspect of postmodern thought that rejects the idea of any objective reality.

   • 2005, Janet R. Barrett, "Planning for Understanding: A Reconceptualized View of the Music Curriculum," Music Educators Journal, vol. 91, no. 4. (Mar), page 25,

     For an illustration of the differences between the traditional, positivist curriculum and the more postmodern reconceptualized curriculum, see Hanley and Montgomery.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

postmodern (plural postmoderns)

1. A postmodernist.

References

• “postmodern” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• "postmodern" in Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (Cambridge University Press, 2007)
• Oxford English Dictionary, second edition (1989)

Swedish

Etymology

post- +? modern

Adjective

postmodern (not comparable)

1. postmodern

Declension

Related terms

• postmodernism

Anagrams

• domprosten

English

Etymology

reconstructive +? -ism

Noun

reconstructivism (uncountable)

1. A postmodern movement concerned with the conscious reconstruction of reality, particularly, but not exclusively, with regard to social reality.