What Was Postmodernism?

[kelber at mindspring.com]

Maybe we just need to sit tight until enough time passes that we can be called "pre-" something-as-yet-to-be-determined.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: Bekah <Bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>

> From that Bryan link and caused a chuckle:
>
>" 'It was sad to see postmodernism disappear before we could explain  
>it, I kind of liked postmodernism, I was happy in the postmodern  
>condition, as happy if not happier than in the previous condition, I  
>don't remember what that was called but I was glad to get out of it,  
>and now here we are again faced with a dilemma, what shall we call  
>this new thing towards which we are going, this new thing I haven't  
>seen yet, did you see it Gaston, what can we call it,  
>postpostmodernism seems a bit too clumsy, and popomomo not serious  
>enough, I thought of calling this new condition The People's  
>Revolution Number Four [...] but I'm afraid that Gallimard or some  
>other big bookseller already has these names under copyright, in any  
>case I think the name of this new condition that's about to descend  
>upon us should have the word new in it, what do you think, Gaston... ' "
>
>Bekah