Postmodernism in Doctor's Prescription

"The Fall of the Legislator" by Zygmunt Bauman, from the book, Postmodernism, edited by Thomas Docherty.

In the modern era, the intellectual elite emphasized the values of rationalism, progress, and objectivity and viewed themselves as the vanguard of a new, self-confident society. In the postmodern era, this view was rejected and the emphasis was placed on a more realistic view of society characterized by uncertainty and a lack of self-confidence.
The elite saw themselves as influential leaders of a "Kingdom of Reason" and as the fixed point in history from which others were measured and found wanting, i.e., the non-Western world. The values represented by this Euro-centric view were imposed on those who they considered inferior. This worldview persisted for a period of centuries due to the overwhelming power of those who supported it. In this view, freedom is sacrificed for security.
Postmodernism, by comparison, is an emphatic......

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