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What is 'postmodernism'? The term 'postmodernism' is a somewhat elusive one for it does not constitute an ideology, such as Marxism or liberalism, nor, as Callum Brown argues, is it a 'state of government or economy...[or even] a coherent set of beliefs'1. However, instead it has been suggested that postmodernism is in fact a theory enabling ideologies to exist in the, albeit questionably, postmodern period. This 'postmodern condition' is the embodiment of a rejection of empiricist values and philosophies (not methods however), where 'old fashioned certainty over knowledge and morality has been undermined'2 and instead replaced with a theoretical agenda based on opposition to authoritative voices. At its core, postmodernism holds one major fundamental principle; the denial of 'the possibility of true knowledge...[and] in more extreme versions [the denial of] a reality independent of language'3. This principle is based on the belief that reality is unable to be represented in an objective...

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