DEFINING THE POST-MODERN

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The article is devoted to a historical review of various understandings and interpretations of the term “postmodernism”, and analysis of its philosophical foundation, laid down by post structuralism and deconstructivism.
Today the word "postmodernism" has become so fashionable and widespread that it is applied to almost each area of human life. And at the same time, we are faced with a paradoxical situation where the clear definition of this term is more or less absent.
Indeed, the multifaceted nature of postmodernism has gone from trying to go beyond modernity, criticizing its foundations to the proclamation of a new historical state and its awarenessA huge number of interpretations of the essence, meaning, and also definitions of post-modernism have been caused by its nature.
Obviously, on the one hand, postmodernism is a multifaceted intellectual movement expressing a special view of the world, a special mentality reflecting the profound changes that have occurred in cultural and social life in the second half of the 20th and beginning of the 21st centuries. On the other hand, postmodernism does not represent a single theory or a single concept but rather a variety of different approaches and visions related todifferent theoretical directions,as well as the new methods of studying the reality.
Today,a large number of researchers around the world continue to address to the topic of postmodernism.  They attract continuous interest to the raised issues , criticismand various declared new ideals and projects for theimplementation both in the present and in the future.