Abstract
The postmodern is not a concept with definite historical times, but is still related to time, especially to the present. There are two different concepts of the postmodern in Lyotard's writings, which correspond to the present of two different kinds. One is the finished status of modernity, which embodies an eternal present that leads to the "inhuman" depressions on humans. The other is an instantaneous moment that has burst out emotionally, which not only reflects on the former kind of the postmodern, but also forms a particular style of postmodern existence.
First Page
145
Last Page
143
Recommended Citation
Zhang, Yaojun. 2020. "The Postmodern or the Present: Time as the End." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 40, (3): pp.145-143. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol40/iss3/23
