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1. Academic Vocabulary Talking about Ideas A Look at the useful language for talking about ideas in the description of one idea below. Postmodernism Postmodernism describes a movement1 of intellectual thought2 which has had a major impact on a number of academic disciplines3 since the late 20th century. Perhaps the best way to understand postmodernism is as a reaction4 to modernism. Modernism emphasises purity, honesty and total truth; for example, when an artist attempts to express the essence5 of a whole subject with a single line. In contrast, postmodernism asserts that experience is personal and cannot be generalised6 and that meaning is only for the individual to experience, not for someone else to dictate. Thus, postmodernists maintain that the person who, for example, admires a painting or reads a poem is free to interpret its meaning, and that different people will come to very different, but equally valid7, conclusions as to what that meaning is. 1 group of people sharing aims or beliefs 2 thinking in general 3 subjects 4 process of change stimulated by something else often moving in the opposite direction 5 the important quality or characteristics 6 presented as something that is always true 7 appropriate
B Some useful nouns relating to ideas:
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