Simplifying to the extreme, I define postmodern as incredulity toward metanarratives.
Jean-Francois LyotardWhat guides Marxism, then, is a different model of society, and a different conception of the function of the knowledge that can be produced by society and acquired from it
Jean-Francois LyotardOn the other hand, in a society whose communication component is becoming more prominent day by day, both as a reality and as an issue, it is clear that language assumes a new importance.
Jean-Francois Lyotard