PostModernism and Cognitive Dissonance

What is PostModernism?

We all have our own view of the world. Each view may be alike, but it is unique to each of us. Our collective views are equal-there is no single right answer but a plethora of answers. There is no black and white, there is a multitude of grey. PostModernism is tricky to explain and it is vague. It refers to the current era of philosophy-that is, after the modernist movement at the beginning of the 20th Century. Modernism was fueled by intellectual elitism and snobbery. PostModernism is a reaction to Modernism stating that all opinions are equal and valid.

PostModernism or Post Modernism or PoMo is also connected to social constructivism or social constructionism, which states that we construct meaning socially, that is, with each other, instead of in our heads. Things are defined by the culture and the consensus of the population and not by rationalism. We "agree" on definitions of things. There is no single intrinsic nature of things.

What is cognitive dissonance?

I found a pretty good link on this on AFirstLook. You can also find information on Wikipedia.