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It's true enough that postmodernism is dead in the water, though. One of the mysteries of the contemporary world is that all of its ideas are stagnant -- and yet no one has any idea what's going to replace them.
> One of the mysteries of the contemporary world is that all of its ideas are stagnant -- and yet no one has any idea what's going to replace them. Pretty sure that's one of the mysteries of all cultures and periods of time ever, always, if you are of a certain disposition to think that way.
Not really. There are plenty of eras where ideas are clearly surging forward -- and sometimes not particularly good ideas (monarchism in the late 17th century, communism in the late 19th, fascism in the early 20th).