ABSTRACT
What on earth does ‘postmodern’ mean? A very good question, and one that is not easily answered, because the word, many believe, is as meaningless as it is ubiquitous. It is a word that has been applied to everything from making love (over the Internet, by means of teledildonic body suits) to making war (as in the Gulf or Kosovo, where virtual attacks are mounted and western casualties avoided at all costs). What’s worse, the word has attracted the anoraks of this world, like legendary moths to a proverbial flame, all determined to define the indefinable.
