Most people who've described themselves as "postmodern" use the term (as opposed to "modern") because THEY have seen it as interchangeable with "contemporary."
ML -----Original Message----- From: PEN-L list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shane Mage Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 10:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PEN-L] New York Plans to Make Gender Personal Choice >It's a new landmark of postmodern culture, whose dominant tendency is >to make more and more parts of lives a matter of personal choice. -- >Yoshie What's with this usage of the nonsensical but grossly pejorative word "postmodern," when the subject matter is *contemporary* thru-and-thru? Shane Mage "This cosmos did none of gods or men make, but it always was and is and shall be: an everlasting fire, kindling in measures and going out in measures." Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 30
