postmodern

num livro de 2004, Native American Literatures:

..."in a Postmodern world that has taught readers to play with the interchange between the meanings of difference and deference on a cultural scale. No telling (signs) can re-present reality (the signified). No human experience can be retold in a story (the words are not the things, events, or people) [aqui vejo o alívio das palavras performativas depois do vazio contínuo do pós-moderno em que andei há uns meses atrás, ou seja, depois de Pynchon ou Barth, é preciso uma cura]. Each human has experiences that are shaped by the various cultures they inhabit; but such habitation is also particular, unique, different. What is more, Postmodern thought is engaged in understanding what constitures a just (ethic) human. The questions generating Postmodern thought might be: how can humans in Western cultures continue to justify violence? And how might a different way of reading lead humankind into nonviolent ways of being in the world?"