ABSTRACT
The last two decades have witnessed a growing awareness and engagement by a number of planning theorists1 with what has, for lack of a better word, been called ‘postmodernity’ and ‘postmodernism’.2 These textual excursions, in what can accordingly be termed a ‘postmodern turn’, have taken a variety of forms, largely as a result of different readings of ‘the postmodern’ and of planning. In this chapter an attempt is made to provide an overview and a reading of the state of this turn, including both the texts of those authors that have engaged postmodernity head-on and those that have acted within its ambit. In addition to this, some avenues for further exploration and enlightenment are also highlighted. As a prelude to these texts brief definitions of the terms ‘postmodernism’ and ‘postmodernity’ are provided.
