Perspectives: Lecture 1 : Postmodernism is Difficult

• High Modernism: High modernism also known as high modernity is believing and having strong confidence in science and technology in attempts to master and bring order to nature and society. 

• Capitalism: An economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state. 

• Superabundance: An excessive amount of something that is beyond the required amount, possibly with negative effect. 

• Disconnected: Breaking the connection between things; lacking a logical sequence or contact with reality. 

• Schizoid: Characterised as having lack of interest in social relationships, a tendency towards a solitary or sheltered lifestyle, secretiveness, emotional coldness, detachment, and apathy.

• Pop: Popular culture of the time; including art, music and fashion.

• Fragmentary: Consisting of small and multiple disconnected or incomplete parts.

• Eclectic nostalgia: A false sense of nostalgia and pleasant feeling resulting from a number elements that imitate the past.

• Superficiality: Lack of thoroughness or any depth of real character or thought.

• Simulacra: An image or representation of someone or something; 

• Flippant: Lack of seriousness and respectful attitude towards something or someone.

• Fabulation: Create or retell a story with false and/or fantasy elements.

• Pastiche: Is an art work  (visual art, music, literature, theatre) which imitates the style or character of the work of another artists, work or period.

• Bricolage: Construction or creation of a work from a diverse range of things available, or a work created with mixed media.

• Aleatory: Random choice in the formation of art, relating to accidental or unpredictable causes.

• Depthless: Either beyond one's capability/ is too deep to be measured; or is very shallow and superficial.

• Skeptical: Doubtful, not easily conceivable and uncertain of information or a particular thing.

• Ambiguous: Open to more than one interpretation; not having one obvious meaning; lacks of definiteness.

• Innovative: Introduces something new, different or changes the norms.

• Obfuscation: Make something unclear and more difficult to understand.