Postmodernism as an idea could be easily summed up in the words of Hamlet in Shakespeare's play Hamlet, "Words, Words, Words" (Hamlet Act 2, Scene 2, Page 8). Stephen Toulmin states that Postmodernism is evident in "A world that ... does not know how to define itself by what it is, only by what it has ceased to be" (Anderson 6). To me, Postmodernism seems to just be what Hamlet exclaims "Words"
In my opinion, Postmodernism seems to be a very elitist opinion that goes along the lines of no belief system is really true and that when people with different belief systems interact both parties of belief systems will be disappointed because according to Postmodernism none of either of the two parties belief systems are true. Postmodernism attempts to debunk every belief system every created on the basis that there are other belief systems out there.
In Hamlet, Hamlet yells the phrase "words, words, words", this seems to be to perfectly sum up what Postmodernism is. By simply arranging the right words in the right order, Postmodernists believe that they can eliminate every belief system that has ever existed.
Postmodernists argue that due to words, eventually all belief systems will fall away and that what will emerge from the ashes is some sort of magical utopia. Anderson states "We all know that some kind of a global civilization is coming into being, this is one of the truisms of our time" (Anderson 20). In this sentence, he makes a very broad statement that he backs up with nothing more than "you feel me"? Nowhere, in this article does he offer any evidence for his statements. The best he offers up as evidence is claiming that something is a social construct. As far as I am concerned Postmodernism is just words and has no real meaning or bearing in reality.
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