Postmodernism: Truth, Meaning, and the World Around Us. (S2E5)

What happens when a culture stops believing that truth is something we discover and begins believing that truth is something we create?

In this episode, we continue our conversation about the ideas that have shaped the modern and postmodern world. We explore postmodernism as a reaction to modernism, tracing the movement from the Romantic emphasis on the heart, personal experience, and individual freedom to the more radical postmodern rejection of objective truth, universal meaning, and absolute morality.

From Ralph Waldo Emerson and the idea of “following your heart,” to popular stories like Pinocchio, Titanic, and Disney’s celebration of personal dreams, we examine how these ideas have become deeply embedded in our culture.

We then take a closer look at ...