It is difficult to talk about a phenomenon while being inside it. In my opinion, an epoch is accurately determined only after it ends and a new one begins. Therefore, while there is no certainty that a new era has arrived, it is impossible to talk about the end of the old one. We may be at a transition stage, but in this case, it becomes even more difficult to determine, since we have signs of what is not yet gone and what is not yet gone at the same time.
Personally, it seems to me that given how much people now want the postmodern era to end as soon as possible, this is an indicator of changes taking place in the mass consciousness and, accordingly, an indicator of the change of epochs.
In order to argue whether the postmodern era is over, you first need to agree that it once began. Not everyone probably agrees with this thesis. But if we take into account the key characteristics that are attributed to” postmodernism “(irony, pastiche, parody, mashup, intertextuality, the abolition of high and low, the dominant role of mass culture, allusiveness, the reduction – or even the end – of” great narratives”, etc.), then we can say that postmodernism is not over. Sometimes there are opinions that postmodernism has run out of steam and is no longer relevant as a category that would help describe the world and time around us. And even if we take into account that some suggest talking about a “new seriousness” or “post – irony”, no one has yet offered an adequate language for describing the era that supposedly imperceptibly replaced postmodernism-a language that would satisfy, if not everyone, then the vast majority of those who speak about the modern world. Some things have changed since researchers and philosophers started talking about postmodernism, but this does not mean that postmodernism no longer exists. Rather, we need a revision of the phenomenon and, consequently, of the epoch. In this sense, the postmodern era has not just begun, but has not ended-it continues. We may only be at the beginning of our journey, but we've still come a long way.
It is difficult to talk about a phenomenon while being inside it. In my opinion, an epoch is accurately determined only after it ends and a new one begins. Therefore, while there is no certainty that a new era has arrived, it is impossible to talk about the end of the old one. We may be at a transition stage, but in this case, it becomes even more difficult to determine, since we have signs of what is not yet gone and what is not yet gone at the same time.
Personally, it seems to me that given how much people now want the postmodern era to end as soon as possible, this is an indicator of changes taking place in the mass consciousness and, accordingly, an indicator of the change of epochs.
In order to argue whether the postmodern era is over, you first need to agree that it once began. Not everyone probably agrees with this thesis. But if we take into account the key characteristics that are attributed to” postmodernism “(irony, pastiche, parody, mashup, intertextuality, the abolition of high and low, the dominant role of mass culture, allusiveness, the reduction – or even the end – of” great narratives”, etc.), then we can say that postmodernism is not over. Sometimes there are opinions that postmodernism has run out of steam and is no longer relevant as a category that would help describe the world and time around us. And even if we take into account that some suggest talking about a “new seriousness” or “post – irony”, no one has yet offered an adequate language for describing the era that supposedly imperceptibly replaced postmodernism-a language that would satisfy, if not everyone, then the vast majority of those who speak about the modern world. Some things have changed since researchers and philosophers started talking about postmodernism, but this does not mean that postmodernism no longer exists. Rather, we need a revision of the phenomenon and, consequently, of the epoch. In this sense, the postmodern era has not just begun, but has not ended-it continues. We may only be at the beginning of our journey, but we've still come a long way.