%0 Journal Article
%T An Exploration into the Concept of Postmodernism
%A Manzoor A. Khalidi
%J Market Forces
%D 2008
%I 
%X This paper is the first part of a series of two papers explaining the concept of postmodernism. The aim is to investigate into the concept of postmodern philosophical thought as a source of inspiration and ideas that may assist us in understanding the problems facing our society. The paper begins with the unravelling of the confusion surrounding the label of ¡®postmodernism¡¯ before beginning the exploration of the concept of postmodernism. The approach adopted for this exploration is to classify postmodernism into three distinct but interrelated concepts: one, postmodernism as an epoch; two, postmodernism as a signifier of the problematical features or the limits of modernity; and three, postmodernism as a reaction to or a departure from modernity. This paper investigates into the first two concepts of postmodernism. The third concept: ¡®postmodernism as a reaction to or a departure from modernity¡¯ has been introduced here but will be discussed in detail in the sequel to this paper to be published in a later
%K Postmodernism
%K Culture
%K Civilizations
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