Modernism

Modernism as a dictionary definition means “modern thought, character, or practice” and “sympathy with or conformity to modern ideas, practices, or standards”[1]. Post-modernism on the other hand refers to “of or relating to art, architecture, or literature that reacts against earlier modernist principles, as by reintroducing traditional or classical elements of style or by carrying modernist styles or practices to extremes”[2]. Modernism – post-modernism discussion has become one of the most controversial and important topics in social sciences and art in recent decades. In this assignment, I will try to put forward my own ideas about this discussion in the light of some important works including Marshall Berman’s “All That is Solid Melts Into Air”, Michel Foucault’s “What is Enlightenment ?”, Georg Simmel’s “Money in Modern Culture” and Jean François Lyotard’s “Defining the postmodern”.