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    1. 06-22-2009 04:23 AM #1
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      Post-Modernism?

      Perhaps this is a gross misunderstanding of a post-modernist tenet, but it could be said that a person is simply the result of circumstances and that your personality and existence are decided by, ultimately, fairly few factors: psychological, physiological and genetic, if the latter two are even seperate, no?

      And in light of this, being a product of little (nothing?) more than society and anatomy, anything you do is indirectly (borderline directly) a product of your surroundings.

      So, it would be nice to transcend this, escape what seems to be an inevitable fate, right?

      But how can you do that when the very act of attempting to transcend this is a result of your surroundings?

      In fact, everything I do is perfectly reasonable, considering what I've been through. The fact that I'm asking these questions is also.

      Is there individuality? Or are we all the direct, determined products of the universe?
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    2. 06-22-2009 04:58 AM #2
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      Quote Originally Posted by Lord Bennington View Post
      So, it would be nice to transcend this, escape what seems to be an inevitable fate, right?
      Assuming that not transcending it has some sort of drawback.

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      But how can you do that when the very act of attempting to transcend this is a result of your surroundings?
      Postmodernism is a concept that observes and reacts to "Modernism". It is a self-realization of Modernist thought, and the reactions of individuals that put forward this idea do so with their individuality. Of course, that's really all just words, and nothing special at all.

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      In fact, everything I do is perfectly reasonable, considering what I've been through. The fact that I'm asking these questions is also.
      Makes sense.

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      Is there individuality? Or are we all the direct, determined products of the universe?
      If all people are different, are we not all the same in that respect? We're all very similar yet all very different, depending on what perspective you're looking at. I don't see how us being "the direct, determined products of the universe" makes us any more or less of individuals, though.
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      Yeah. DD's got what I'm saying...

      In regards to being less of individuals, it's not about being less individual, really, it's just about being original, for lack of a better word, and... not completely predictable. I mean, I know we can't predict each other, but with a large, but finite set of facts, you could predict someone's behavior. I mean, a lot of them would definitely not be common knowledge, it'd be sub-conscious stuff. I dunno. I'm just questioning the implications of this idea.
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    4. 06-22-2009 06:07 AM #4
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      We react to our environment all the time. Postmodernism attempts to find unique ways to react, and seems to be antithetical to whatever is "now" in terms of how things work. The problem with this idea is that individuality can become this concept that is transcendent and somehow glorified in Postmodern thought and in itself, even if it is completely inefficient to whatever subject it is regarded with.

      Is it better to be original or to be efficient? Also, can you be both?
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