What is post-modern philosophy?
Postmodern philosophy is difficult to define in a brief form. One common theme among most post-modern writers is a distrust of the grand narrative, an all encompassing system used to identify universal truths (Lyotard 1988). Religious and superstitious beliefs characterize the grand narrative of the pre-modern world. Science is held up as the prime example of the grand narrative of the modern world, though Marxism and Freudian theory can also be cited as examples of grand narratives. In the post-modern world, grand narratives are eschewed. They represent an attempt of those in power to define ways of knowing in an exclusionary way that preserves their power by marginalizing dissenting voices. Postmodern philosophy has been derided as the belief that there are no universal truths, but a fairer characterization is that they believe that there is no single path to establishing truth. Instead, truth is established in a way that is dependent on social context. Post-modern philosophy is hars
