This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Chris Daley noticed that ‘postmodern’ has been popping up a lot lately ...

“I fear for the future of the humanities,” said scholar Helen Pluckrose. As should any reasonable individual. What is postmodern theory? And how did it result in this ideological corruption of the ...

I received the following e-mail from a reader, in response to my “Race, Identity Politics, and Evangelicalism” post. He gives me permission to use it, so long as I keep his name out of it. There’s a ...

Postmodernism is back. We see it in the slew of books and articles about the movement, in the campaigns to save some of its greatest landmarks such as Philip Johnson's AT&T building in New York, in ...

Postmodernism is a big, cumbersome word, but that’s fitting because the concept is big and cumbersome. The fact is, however, we are living in this “ism” right now. As Bob Dylan summed it up at the ...

Note: “Explainer” is our newest addition to the series of features on Off the Agenda. Here editor Drew Dyck will tackle current ideas, movements, or whatever else people are talking about. He doesn’t ...

Dear Dr. E: I’ve heard you talk about how our American colleges and universities have become “postmodern” and why that is a bad thing. I’m not sure I understand what postmodernism is and its dangers ...

I awaited the opening of “Andy Warhol: Revelation” at the Brooklyn Museum with great anticipation. The exhibit, which “explores the artist’s lifelong relationship with his faith that frequently ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I’m recovering from flu, so I’ve spent more ...