APSARA KATUWAL DANGOL This article is the brief description of the postmodernism concept and its impact on psychology. P ostmodernism is a broad movement that is developed in the mid to late 20th century across philosophy, the arts, architecture, and criticism which marked a departure from modernism. Before knowing about postmodernism, it is equally essential to understand what made it endorsed. Premodernism (Begining - the 1650s) is based upon revealed knowledge from an authoritative source.It is assumed that direct revelation came from God. Sources of authority were given to Church and their holders and interpreters. But in the 1650s, pre-modernism was discouraged. It evolved Modernism (1650s-1950s). It included two concepts. One was empiricism and other was the Epistemological approach.Empiricism helped in the development of modernist methodology. and Epistemological Approach dealt with reason and logic. It focused on Science and reason.Sources...
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