Post-modernity is an attempt to replace the authority of technology and science with one that looks deeper into our world. It goes beyond modernity to find more. It fractures traditional thought and the subsequent hierarchy to study from an alternative perspective. Post-modernity is best defined through five areas of thought:

• Critical Theory
• Post-Structuralism
• Irrationality
• Deconstructionism
• Socially Constructed Reality

Critical Theory looks at how we get the values we have and how they effect our society. It considers the actions of media and opinion makers and the symbols use to manipulate our actions. Commercials that show rugged individualism are used to sell people pickups. Network news coverage tells stories in certain ways to encourage further liberalism, even when it appears to be neutral. It also considers how the symbols projected by opinion makers ultimately effect their own opinions as reflected back by the public.

Post-structuralism looks at how structure controls us. Many structures are predefined in our society, and the structure contains latent values hidden to the casual observer. English language assigns a certain structure to words, which ultimately effects how we preserve such words. When we get beyond structuralism, we use irrational objects to explore beyond the limits of technology and knowledge.

Irrationality is the use of aesthetics, feelings, and nature in ways to subvert the control created through modernity and technology. It is the use and celebration of incalculable objects in all forms of life. It is the broader perspective that tries to understand and embrace reasons why certain things give us pleasure or a quality of life beyond the easily calculable. Irrationality is free from the control and structure of structuralism and rationality. It is place of true freedom.

Deconstructionism attempts to deconstruct or look behind the meaning of words and ideas. Why did a person say a certain thing? What where his experiences that defined his words? What are the symbols behind ideas and words? Understanding the real meaning behind the words can often give us a deeper impression of reality and make us look for things that are not always obvious.

Socially Constructed Reality realizes that most things we assume to be truths are actually socially constructed. By getting beyond concrete terms of right versus wrong or that a certain behavior equals insanity, we are able to see that we can create definitions that suit whatever is necessary.

Conclusions

Post-modernist thought can give us new and exciting perspectives on the world around us. Instead of being controlled by the limits of science and technology, we can force ourselves to see the world with a greater moral clarity and resolve instead of weak predefined concepts. Technological control is replaced with individualism and personal relationships, and the celebration of such things makes us more human one again.