Editing Postmodernity (section)

==Postmodernism==
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Postmodernity is a condition or a state of being associated with changes to institutions and creations{{sfn|Giddens|1990|p=52}} and with social and political results and innovations, globally but especially in the West since the 1950s, whereas [[postmodernism]] is an aesthetic, literary, political or social philosophy, the "cultural and intellectual phenomenon", especially since the 1920s' new movements in the arts. Both of these terms are used by philosophers, social scientists and social critics to refer to aspects of contemporary culture, economics and society that are the result of features of late 20th century and early 21st century life, including the fragmentation of authority and the [[commoditization]] of knowledge (''see'' "[[Modernity]]").{{Citation needed|date=September 2009}}

The relationship between postmodernity and critical theory, sociology and philosophy is fiercely contested. The terms "postmodernity" and "postmodernism" are often hard to distinguish, the former being often the result of the latter. The period has had diverse political ramifications: its "anti-ideological ideas" appear to have been associated with the [[feminist movement]], [[racial equality movement]]s, [[LGBT movements]], most forms of late 20th century [[Anarchism#Post-WWII|anarchism]] and even the [[peace movement]] as well as various hybrids of these in the current [[anti-globalization movement]]. Though none of these institutions entirely embraces all aspects of the postmodern movement in its most concentrated definition they all reflect, or borrow from, some of its core ideas.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}