The evolution of the Orthodox church's mission under the influence of modernization by O. L. Tserpitskaya

“…Critical of the Orthodox mission in negative manifestations of postmodernism in culture.…”
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Consumismo na pós-modernidade: uma questão de gênero? by Patrícia Fasolo Romani, Gustavo Espíndola Winck, Marlene Neves Strey

“…This paper addresses a discussion on excessive consumption in postmodernity and its effects on female subjectivity. …”
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Transformations of Feminism as the Narrative of Modernity Трансформации феминизма как метанарратива модерна Трансформації фемінізму як метанаративу модерну... by T. I. Vlasova

“…The article deals with the peculiarities of the feminist narrative in the historical context of modernism and its discoursive transformations as the epiphenomenon of postmodernism.<br>В статье рассматриваются особенности метанарратива феминизма в историческом контексте модерна и его дискурсивные трансформации как эпифеномена постмодерна.…”
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Mary McLeod in conversation with Salomon Frausto and Leá-Catherine Szacka by Mary McLeod

“… In February 1989, architectural historian and theorist Mary McLeod published her now seminal essay entitled ‘Architecture and Politics in the Reagan Era: From Postmodernism to Deconstructivism’ in Assemblage 8. In the essay, she examined the relationship between architecture and politics in the 1980s, a time of unprecedented change. …”
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New York Writing: Urban Art in Don DeLillo’s Underworld by Wendy Harding

“…A travers les descriptions ekphrastiques de Underworld, Don DeLillo définit la place et la nature de l’art dans la société américaine postmoderne tout en affirmant son art du roman. Dans la métropole postmoderne l’espace public est saturé par les signes et les systèmes de l’activité mercantile. …”
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Skrifbeskouing en oorredingsretoriek: perspektiewe op performatiewe prediking by Johan Cilliers

“…The critique that has been levelled against this understanding of Scripture and preaching, initiated through the mind-set of the Enlightenment (Kant), gaining momentum since the Second World War, and coming to full fruition in the so-called postmodernism, is briefly addressed. The article closes with suggestions concerning the rhetorical strategies of persuasion found in Scripture, and how this may enable preachers to still attain preaching that is “performative”. …”
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The Many faces of competence by Melissa Steyn

“… This paper argues that postmodernism challenges the way in which intercultural communication competence has traditionally been conceptualized. …”
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Twentieth century religious thought by John Macquarrie by P. Verster

“…Post-moderne filosowe oos Levinas, Lyotard en Derrida word bespreek. Daarnaas word die postmoderne teoloë soos Taylor, Ward en Marion ook aan die orde gestel. …”
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CONSUMER BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT IN A METAMODERN ORGANIZATION by G. N. Ryazanova

“…The philosophical concepts of  modernity and postmodernity, which have a kaleidoscopic effect on the mentality, values and behavior of economic  agents, transform the economic eco-system. …”
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Le genre tactile : repenser les imbrications entre la matière et la parole au prisme de l’imagination et de l’expérience by Luca Greco

“…I will propose a theoretical dialogue between two antagonistic traditions in feminism, neo-materialism and postmodernism, and gender, language and sexuality studies around the possible intertwinings between discourse and bodily materiality. …”
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Contemporary Christian spirituality: an "encompassing field" by C. Kourie, T. Ruthenberg

“…These discoveries are further enhanced through contemporary Christian spirituality’s own critical appreciation of globalisation and postmodernism. Contemporary Christian spirituality, at its best, constitutes a world-appreciative openness that nevertheless sustains its own unique identity. …”
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THEORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE MIRROR OF CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES by M. M. Lebedeva, M. V. Harkevich

“…Constructivism is gaining popularity and postmodernism remains without followers. Russian international studies are structured by a long-standing debate about the identity of Russia. …”
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The Dickensian Tropism in Contemporary Fiction by Georges Letissier

“…This article draws from Jay Clayton’s study on Dickens and postmodernism to track down different contemporary responses from Kathy Acker to Sarah Waters and the Antipodean rewritings of both Peter Carey’s Jack Maggs and Lloyd Jones’s Mister Pip.…”
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A Comparative Study of The Yorùbá News and Aláròyé Newspapers by Adefemi Akinseloyin

“…Four editions of The Yorùbá News and two editions of the Aláròyé newspapers are selected and content-analyzed using postmodernism theory. It is observed that The Yorùbá News distanced itself from aesthetics and total bias to the grassroots while Aláròyé newspaper foregrounded aesthetic splendor and grassroots biases in its editions. …”
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The crisis of the concept of society: historiosophical and sociological search by Irena Eglė Laumenskaitė

“…The problem consists of a simultaneous adequate response to the challenge of postmodernity. The postmodernity itself breaks the correspondence of "social physics" (organizational structures) with "social metaphysics" (system of values) as it produces a pluralistic (not hierarchical) "metaphysics" while keeping a hierarchy in "physics," where the subordination of the individual to the social structures is even stronger than in the era of modernity. …”
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Unwanted, rejected, unaccepted: around the problem of “invisible” Romani and Dom children in Georgia by Urszula Markowska-Manista

“…With regard to social representations, Roma and Dom children can be included in the category of “street children”, children “out of place”, “invisible” children, and children remaining “at the crossroads” of tradition and postmodernity. A portrayal of the situation of Roma and Dom minorities in Georgia reveals the reality of children in big city environments as well as the dimensions of their social exclusion and poverty. …”
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The Cultural Economy Moment? by Flew Terry

“…While it has intellectual precursors in political economy, sociology and postmodernism, it has been work undertaken in the fields of cultural economic geography, creative industries, the culture of service industries and cultural policy where it has come to the forefront, particularly around whether we are now in a ‘creative economy’. …”
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An Archaeology of Passage: Adrian Piper Passing and Not Passing as the Mythic Being by Cat Dawson

“…I also call up Piper’s oft-elided indebtedness to Black and feminist representational strategies to both demonstrate the centrality of those traditions to postmodernism, and to reveal a new perspective on the work as participating in a coalition politics via social address.…”
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The Place of Place in the 21st-Century American West by O. Alan Weltzien

“…Le concept d’espace dans la littérature américaine de l’Ouest a fait l’objet d’une critique et d’une remise en cause croissantes, particulièrement dans le cadre de la théorie postmoderne. Tout récemment, l’une de ces remises en cause, émanant de Neil Campbell dans l’ouvrage intitulé The Rhizomatic West, réfute les arguments essentialistes pour aborder le problème de l’espace. …”
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