post-postmodernism

Research Abstract

What is the fate of postmodernism in anthropology and social sciences? has it faded altogether as a paradigm dominated during the decades of the end of twentieth century, or has it merged into two current paradigms that have emerged on the theoretical landscape, namely post-postmodernism and liquid and light modernism? It is a mistake to pretend that more than twenty years of the history of social and anthropological theory has either disappeared or not simply occurred, or that the postmodernist legacy is not real. A large number of anthropologists recognize the therapeutic and corrective value of the criticism of the 1980s for ethnographic writing. The subject of the anthropological study and its analytical limits have expanded, especially in the postmodern condition. In addition to the fingerprints left by the postmodernist trend on anthropological and sociological theory and practice. However, there is a recent shift in academic debate regarding death of postmodernism. Instead of continuing the debate over the end of postmodernism, has it ended or been originally found, intellectuals and critics have turned their eyes to a phase followed postmodernism, known as Post-postmodernism. Additionally, a new paradigm forged, driven by violent criticism directed at postmodernism, namely liquid and light modernism. The Arabic literature is clearly deficient in the tracking and tracing of post-postmodernism and its effects in many fields, particularly in the fields of social sciences. Therefore this study aims to: (1) review the post-modernist discourse, its stakes or stances, its manifestations in the social sciences and the criticisms led to the declaration of its end and death. (2) explore the impact of these criticisms on the transformation of theory and practice in social sciences, especially anthropology, to post - postmodernism and liquid modernity. (3) explore the common denominators or commonalities that combine postmodernism, post-postmodernism, liquid and light modernity. (4) reveal the most prominent thematic and theoretical trends that have emerged With the impact of post-postmodern and liquid modernist paradigms. The researcher used two methods: content analysis and the methodology of critical analysis. Three of the study’s most important findings are: (1) there is no glaring dissonance or discrepancy between postmodernism and post-postmodernism. (2) post-postmodernism represents a third route that combines some of visions of modernism and postmodernism. (3) Post- postmodernism is a transition and a road to liquid and light modernity.

Research Keywords

Postmodernism, Post-postmodernism, Liquid Modernity, Light Modernity, Social Science, Anthropological Theory.