Word: postmodernism
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...cinnamon has made the obvious first choice of chocolate-cinnamon-raisin unavailable-at a cost of $1.60 for a large scoop with one mix-in, or $2 for a large scoop with three mix-ins. A mix-in, for those who have not yet followed aerobic eating into its postmodern era, may be butterscotch chips and walnuts, pulverized Reese's peanut butter cups, crushed Oreos, M & Ms or-in some temples of asceticism-granola. Mix-ins are not simply dumped on top of a scoop of ice cream as toppings would be in a conventional sundae; they are kneaded...
This season of makeshift and grumbling, however, may turn out to have been the period in which the U.S., without really noticing that its attitudes have shifted, passed a balance point toward the acceptance of solar energy. A principle of architecture's postmodern school is that architecture is not an instrument of social change; it reflects social change. If that is true, then the solar age may be on its way. In San Diego County, all new residences built after Jan. 1, 1980, must have solar hot-water heaters. In Santa Fe, solar-home builders Wayne and Susan Nichols estimate...
...rule it is implicitly understood to be the agent of other, almost equally potent divisive forces-class distinctions, for example, or unyielding morality-and the fact that such considerations have the power to keep postmodern lovers apart for no more than about 30 seconds presents the contemporary novelist or film maker with a rather serious problem in plot construction...
post-bourgeois, post-capitalist, post-Christian, post-civilized, post-economic, posthistoric, postindustrial, postliberal, post-literature, post-market, post-materialist, postmodern, post-organization, post-protestant, post-puritan, post-scarcity, post-traditional, post-tribal and post-welfare...
...others, Murray discerns a sense that the "modern era" is over, and with it man's reliance on modern shibboleths-the inevitability of progress, the perfectibility of man on earth, the relativist idea that morality is determined by little more than regional or historical fashion. What is the "postmodern" era to be like...