Yet Another Neomodern Link

I found an article about neomodernism on probe.org today, which addresses the inevitable coming of the new age of thought and how that might possibly affect us.  Since I am (admittedly) not an expert in the area, I am trying to soak up every bit of knowledge I can find about what this new mindset and worldview would consist of.  I doubt this author would contend to be an expert in defining the term, but he does have an M.A. from Southwestern (so that helps).

link:  What Comes After Post-Modern?

ps – If anyone knows of any good, scholarly sources for this topic, let me know.

Neomodernism Defined on Wikipedia

I decided to check the most obvious of sources about neomodernism, that is, wikipedia.  Here is the link to the article, and I suggest that you read it.  Basically, what people are connecting the word “neomodernism” to is exactly what I described in my original post on the topic, minus the apathy and association with agnosticism.  As expected, neomodernism does not endorse “absolutes” of any kind.  It does, however, contest that there are purposes, and that there is only one intent given to an authorial work.  It didn’t suprise me to see Richard Dawkins’s name on the page either.  Atheism and neomodernism seem to go hand-in-hand.  Most of the atheists that I have known tend to think of themselves as intellectual counter-culturalists.  Thus, they percieve order, even natural order and basic truth, but do not purpose absolute truth other than that they are “absolutely sure” that God does not exist.

In my opinion, this philosophical construct of the humanities more aptly defines the reality of what many believe in society at present: percieved and undeniable order, but unwillingness to have faith in the unseen.

Another Article on Neomodernism

Here is an interesting blog article, apparently written in 1998 (and not sourced, unless it was the actual author), which deals with the need for new modern principles in the realm of art.

http://guydenning.blogspot.com/2006/01/neo-modern.html

It’s kind of a dry read, but it reamains at least somewhat thought provoking nonetheless.  You will notice that this author prefers not to use the term “postmodern” but rather sees the postmodern movement as an extension of modernism, as many do.

Don’t expect me to update much over the next few weeks, things are about to get chaotic in my life.  I will probably recover in about a month.  (I’m getting married!!!!! )

Oh, and the #1 page on google search for “neomodernity” is ME!  I still don’t claim “neomodernism” and “neomodern” however.  It’s a word that has been thrown around quite a bit more than I originally thought.

*update* – Turns out that it is an actual article by Guy Denning, who is a major proponent of neomodernism.  Wikipedia has a bit of information on him:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Denning  It’d be kind of neat to try and get an interview with him.