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Originally Posted by The_Rorschach
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I like my definition better. . .But I am curious CLA, where does nihilism enter in. As I understand it, the word carries a sense of lethal indifference, barely short of catotonistic copescetism. If that were the case, any other descrrptors in conjection it would be void yes? |
Modernism was essentially a rejection of the rational, the "objective," and traditional ways of making art. It focused on a more subjective, personal artistic style, spurning the old conventions. It seemed to have been linked with the existential/absurdist worldview in that man's existence is, by nature, highly subjective, and a foolish struggle to find meaning and unity in a meaningless, indifferent, and largely chaotic universe.
Postmodernism is similar, although instead of treating the chaos as something to lament, it revels in it. One could say that postmodernism is nihilistic in that sense--since it actively promotes chaos and meaninglessness.
Don't quote me on any of this--I'm just winging it based on what I remember from my modern literature courses.