Third Wave

The Third Wave of Modernity (1880 - PRESENT)

The Third Wave of Modernity sees the abandonment of a historical telos to human striving, leaving a relativistic equality of standards between all human value-positings (radical historicism). This period covers the literature and philosophy of early Twentieth century modernism (Eliot, Freud) as well as late Twentieth century post-modernism (Kundera, Derrida).

See background lectures On the Third Wave of Modernity.