Is postmodernism a politically engaged trend. Explain?

Is postmodernism a politically engaged trend. Explain?

Yes there is. A comment from Steven Best and Douglas Kellner states that “As with postmodern theory, there I no one ‘postmodern politics,’ but rather a conflicting set of propositions that emerges from the ambiguities of social change and multiple postmodern theoretical perspectives.” Postemodern politics takes a variety of forms. On one end of the spectru is the “anti-poltics’ of Baudrilard, a: cynical, despairing rejection of the belief that politics can be used to change society. On the other side of Baudrillard’s negative, nihilistic approach is a more affirmative one, outlined by Faucault, Lyotard , and Roty, who suggest that the way to “enhance individual freedom” and bring about “progressive change” is to concentrate on the local level.

                Although there is a lack of consensus surrounding much of Postmodern politics, most agree Postmodernists fall on the left side of the political spectrum. Barbara Epstien , writes, “Many people, inside and outside the world of Postmodernism have come to equate Postmodernism with the left.

       

         Most early French Postmodernists emerged from the Marxist tradition. For Postmodernists, the politics is not centered around political parties, utopian visions, or an Ultimate telos; rather, it is a tool of experimentation that involves a radical critique of the existing systems of power in a society, the identification of oppressed groups, and remedy for bringing those identified groups out of oppression to achieve a sense of social justice

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