Post-postmodernism

Abstract

Post-postmodernism Abstract Since the 1990s, postmodernism has undergone distinctively visible changes in the face of globalization and digital technology, as some theorists and critics claim that postmodernism is dead. Consequently, they have proposed many post-postmodern theories each of them respectively maintains its particular perspective from diverse areas. All these theories try to depict a new paradigm and replace the postmodernism. A central revision is a reconstruction: as opposed to postmodernist deconstruction, post-postmodernism will reconstruct. There is a renewed interest in human values, truth, communication, and reconsidering human subjectivity in real life and literature. We seem to move towards a wider definition of reality that goes beyond the postmodern interpretation of the world based on relativism and irony. Another indicator of postmodernity's demise is the return of the metanarrative. The belief that the world is threatened by man-made climate change is one of the most powerful and pervasive metanarratives of today. In this paper, I will analyze, compare, and criticize some attempts to describe what comes after postmodernism. I grouped these theories, only for the purpose of this study, into three categories based on the main premises. First: theories that focus on politics and economy which include: post- millennialism age transmodernity hypermodern times, cosmodernism, post-postmodernism Second: theories with technological perspectives: Digimodernism, automodernism. Thirdly, theories that concern with art and literature: Altermodernity, metamodernism, performatism. heterolinationalism, and complexion theory. The paper concludes with the idea that none of the proposed theses has gained academic or popular acceptance comparable to that enjoyed by postmodernism in its heyday and even with its alleged decline. Therefore, the challenge posed by Linda Hutcheon still exists and we are still waiting for a name that befits the post-colonial, post-humanist, and digital culture we live in today, and does not ignore the dominance of the new authoritarian and reactionary narratives of neoliberalism. Key words post- millennialism age, transmodernity, hypermodern times, Cosmodernism, Post-Postmodernism, digimodernism, automodernism, altermodernity, metamodernism, performatism. heterolinationalism, and complexion theory