Dominic Bunnell
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Well, I prefer transmodernism to postmodernism... What is "transmodernism"? A good and short explanation can be found here. I, personally, regard transmodernism as the forth, integral phase of mankind's ascension. It synthesizes the experiential unity of premodernism, social progress of modernism and intellectual relativity of postmodernism, overcoming the blunders and excesses of these three previous paradigms and harmonising their strengths and benefits.
For an example of what I describe as "transmodernism", read a book of Robert Anton Wilson (Timothy Leary, John Lilly, Ralph Abraham, Terrence McKenna and Rupert Sheldrake are also good examples).
Really interesting. I do like the idea of taking the best bits from premodernism, modernism and postmodernism.
But I don't think people like McKenna, Wilson and Sheldrake are very influential at all in the social sciences today, whereas the likes of Foucault and Derrida are still very influential.