Description: Postmodernism questions traditional authority and truth, emphasizing diversity, relativity, and deconstruction. Core ideas include the belief that reality is constructed through language and power relations.

Representative Figures: Jean-François Lyotard, Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault

Recommended Books:

– The Postmodern Condition by Jean-François Lyotard

Description: Examines the impact of postmodernity on knowledge and society.

– Difference and Repetition by Gilles Deleuze

Description: Explores the concepts of difference and repetition as fundamental to understanding reality.