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Postmodernism vs Humanism - What's the difference?

postmodernism | humanism |

As nouns the difference between postmodernism and humanism

is that postmodernism is any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an earlier modernist movement while humanism is the study of the humanities or the liberal arts; literary (especially classical) scholarship.

postmodernism

English

(wikipedia postmodernism)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • Any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an earlier modernist movement.

    • humanism

    English

    (wikipedia humanism)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • The study of the humanities or the liberal arts; literary (especially classical) scholarship.
  • (historical, often capitalized) Specifically, a cultural and intellectual movement in 14th-16th century Europe characterised by attention to Classical culture and a promotion of vernacular texts, notably during the Renaissance.
  • * 2009 , (Diarmaid MacCulloch), A History of Christianity , Penguin 2010, p. 575:
    • There were good reasons for humanism and the Renaissance to take their origins from fourteenth-century Italy.
  • An ethical system that centers on humans and their values, needs, interests, abilities, dignity and freedom; especially used for a secular one which rejects theistic religion and superstition.
  • Humanitarianism, philanthropy.

    • Derived terms

    * humanist * humanistic