Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Professor of Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Humanities, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.

2 M.A.student of Department of Education, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to introduce post-postmodernism and its basic characteristics with regard to the digital age. In this regard, the present study, with a qualitative approach and a descriptive-analytical method, aims to identify the concept of post-postmodernism and similar concepts, and to depict its characteristics while referring to the roots of the formation of post-postmodernism. The most important findings of the study in order to answer the main research question, namely the main characteristics of post-postmodernism, can be mentioned as follows: Two main characteristics of post-postmodernism can be mentioned as accessibility and abundance or excess. Post-postmodernism criticizes pessimism, nihilism, relativism and anti-enlightenment, and at the same time, to a reasonable extent, welcomes optimism, absolutism, foundationalism and universality, and puts the revival of meta-narratives on its agenda. Apart from this, it places great emphasis on globalization and promoting the importance of different cultures. While postmodernism focuses more on De and therefore speaks of deconstruction, post-postmodernism focuses on Re and therefore speaks of re-creation. The emphasis of post-postmodernism, considering the characteristics of the digital age, on code, game, Google, access, hypertext, multiple narratives, and contrasting combinations, creates special educational implications that require effort in this field. In conclusion, it can be said that post-postmodernism. While criticizing modernism and postmodernism, it also accepts some of the perspectives of each. The philosophical perspectives of post-postmodernism contain some elements of both modernism and postmodernism.

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