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Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

Postmodernista

English translation:

postmodernist

Added to glossary by broca
Dec 2, 2012 19:56
11 yrs ago
Spanish term

Postmodernista

Non-PRO Spanish to English Social Sciences History
"...frente a la teoría postmodernista de la consideración del lenguaje como único referente de la verdad".
Postmodern or postmodernist?
Proposed translations (English)
4 +6 postmodernist
2 Postmodernist
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Dec 2, 2012 20:43: Edward Tully changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Yvonne Gallagher, Helena Chavarria, Edward Tully

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Discussion

broca (asker) Dec 3, 2012:
There is even (at least) one monography on these slippery terms!http://cs5128.userapi.com/u11728334/docs/4739c9906136/Hans_B...
broca (asker) Dec 3, 2012:
Thank you very much, Charles. It's really a tricky issue. I think I am opting for "postmodern theory" in my translation, as in this other source, which mentions the "postmodern theories of history":
http://books.google.es/books?id=T6_pB7V_VdsC&pg=PA118&dq=lin...
Charles Davis Dec 3, 2012:
To put it another way, a postmodern theory should argue in a postmodern way (and doesn't actually have to be a theory of postmodernism), whereas a postmodernist theory is about postmodern things or postmodernism itself, but doesn't necessarily argue in a postmodern way. But I don't think this distinction is sustained consistently in the literature.
Charles Davis Dec 3, 2012:
@ Broca You are quite right. "Postmodern" and "postmodernist" often appear to be used interchangeably, even by specialists. Indeed, in the source you have just cited, which should be reliable, both "postmodern theory" and "postmodernist theory" occur, the former more times than the latter. However, my personal view that the two terms can and ideally should be distinguished along the lines I indicated, even though the distinction is often difficult to establish in particular cases: a postmodern theory, in principle, is a theory that is postmodern in its nature, characterised by features that it shares with postmodern intellectual and cultural phenomena, whereas a postmodernist theory is one that involves some kind of intellectual commitment to the cultural and intellectual approach known as postmodernism.
broca (asker) Dec 3, 2012:
There does not seem to exist much agreement in the use of the terms in the existing literature. See for example:
http://books.google.es/books?id=dfpJqgYC7x8C&pg=PA23&dq=ling...
Charles Davis Dec 2, 2012:
Estos términos se confunden a menudo, pero en principio un fenómeno cultural o intelectual puede ser "postmodern", mientras que una teoría sobre tales fenómenos será "postmodernist".
broca (asker) Dec 2, 2012:
El diálogo se centra en las características gnoseológicas y epistemológicas del conocimiento histórico, frente a la teoría postmodernista..............................
Erik Bry Dec 2, 2012:
Context? leaving out the context that precedes the source term makes it difficult to pinpoint the translation

Proposed translations

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10 mins
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postmodernist

postmodernist adj, n posmodernista mf
Translation English - Spanish Collins Dictionary

postmodern adj posmoderno
Translation English - Spanish Collins Dictionary
Peer comment(s):
agree Helena Chavarria
3 mins
agree Alejandro Alcaraz Sintes : Contestaste antes.
7 mins
agree David Ronder
8 mins
agree macimovic
32 mins
agree Edward Tully
35 mins
agree Charles Davis
1 hr
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Postmodernist

Creo que es el adjetivo correspondiente a "Postmodernism". "Postmodern" sería más general o estaría relacionado con "Postmodernity".
IMO, claro.

En Wikipedia, s.v. "Postmodernism", se dice:
"Postmodernism postulates that many, if not all, apparent realities are only social constructs and are therefore subject to change. It claims that there is no absolute truth and that the way people perceive the world is subjective and emphasises the role of language, power relations, and motivations in the formation of ideas and beliefs."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmodernism
Note from asker:
Alejandro: el sustantivo es 'postmodernism', pero tengo dudas de que el adjetivo sea en este caso 'postmodernist' y no 'postmodern' (referido a las teorías postmodernistas de la Historia). Saludos.
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