---
title: "4 Postmodern Age Quotes by 4 authors"
description: "Browse 4 Postmodern Age quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Postmodern Age sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/jean-francois-lyotard-24555_age_our-working-hypothesis-is-that-the-statu_205704.jpg"
---

> [Our working hypothesis is that the status of knowledge is altered as societies enter what is known as the postindustrial age and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-lyotard/our-working-hypothesis-is-that-the-status-of-knowledge-is-altered-as/)

[Jean-Francois Lyotard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-francois-lyotard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/jean-francois-lyotard-24555_age_our-working-hypothesis-is-that-the-statu_205704.jpg)

> [I am just postmodern enough not to trust 'postmodern' as a description of our times, for it privileges the practices and intellectual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/i-am-just-postmodern-enough-not-to-trust-postmodern-as-a-description/)

[Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/stanley-hauerwas-2675_age_i-am-just-postmodern-enough-not-to-trust_398158.png)

> [I love the fact that I can go to a museum now that tells me I'm in the postmodern age.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-d-aguiar/i-love-the-fact-that-i-can-go-to-a-museum-now-that-tells-me-i-m-in/)

[Fred D'Aguiar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fred-d-aguiar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b4/fred-d-aguiar-19329_age_i-love-the-fact-that-i-can-go-to-a-museu_1067153.jpg)

> [“Capitalism seems to have failed and is now stigmatized as greed. A reaction against individual excess is driving the world back to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felipe-fern-ndez-armesto/capitalism-seems-to-have-failed-and-is-now-stigmatized-as-greed-a/)

[Felipe Fernández-Armesto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felipe-fern-ndez-armesto/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c89/felipe-fern-ndez-armesto-31120_capitalism_capitalism-seems-to-have-failed-and-is-n_1454318.jpg)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/postmodern-age/#itemlist",
            "name": "Postmodern Age Quotes",
            "numberOfItems": 4,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Our working hypothesis is that the status of knowledge is altered as societies enter what is known as the postindustrial age and cultures enter what is known as the postmodern age.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Jean-Francois Lyotard"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-francois-lyotard/our-working-hypothesis-is-that-the-status-of-knowledge-is-altered-as/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/jean-francois-lyotard-24555_age_our-working-hypothesis-is-that-the-statu_205704.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/jean-francois-lyotard-24555_age_our-working-hypothesis-is-that-the-statu_205704.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/jean-francois-lyotard-24555_age_our-working-hypothesis-is-that-the-statu_205704.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Our working hypothesis is that the status of knowledge is altered as societies enter what is known as the…” — Jean-Francois Lyotard",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I am just postmodern enough not to trust 'postmodern' as a description of our times, for it privileges the practices and intellectual formations of modernity. Calling this a postmodern age reproduces the modernist assumption that history must be policed by periods.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Stanley Hauerwas"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/i-am-just-postmodern-enough-not-to-trust-postmodern-as-a-description/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/stanley-hauerwas-2675_age_i-am-just-postmodern-enough-not-to-trust_398158.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/stanley-hauerwas-2675_age_i-am-just-postmodern-enough-not-to-trust_398158.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/786/stanley-hauerwas-2675_age_i-am-just-postmodern-enough-not-to-trust_398158.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I am just postmodern enough not to trust 'postmodern' as a description of our times, for it privileges the…” — Stanley Hauerwas",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I love the fact that I can go to a museum now that tells me I'm in the postmodern age.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Fred D'Aguiar"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fred-d-aguiar/i-love-the-fact-that-i-can-go-to-a-museum-now-that-tells-me-i-m-in/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b4/fred-d-aguiar-19329_age_i-love-the-fact-that-i-can-go-to-a-museu_1067153.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b4/fred-d-aguiar-19329_age_i-love-the-fact-that-i-can-go-to-a-museu_1067153.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b4/fred-d-aguiar-19329_age_i-love-the-fact-that-i-can-go-to-a-museu_1067153.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I love the fact that I can go to a museum now that tells me I'm in the postmodern age.” — Fred D'Aguiar",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“Capitalism seems to have failed and is now stigmatized as greed. A reaction against individual excess is driving the world back to collective values. Fear of terror overrides rights; fear of slumps subverts free markets. Consumption levels and urbanization are simply unsustainable at recent rates in the face of environmental change. The throwaway society is headed for the trash heap. People who sense that “modernity” is ending proclaim a “postmodern age.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Felipe Fernández-Armesto"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felipe-fern-ndez-armesto/capitalism-seems-to-have-failed-and-is-now-stigmatized-as-greed-a/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c89/felipe-fern-ndez-armesto-31120_capitalism_capitalism-seems-to-have-failed-and-is-n_1454318.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c89/felipe-fern-ndez-armesto-31120_capitalism_capitalism-seems-to-have-failed-and-is-n_1454318.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c89/felipe-fern-ndez-armesto-31120_capitalism_capitalism-seems-to-have-failed-and-is-n_1454318.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Capitalism seems to have failed and is now stigmatized as greed. A reaction against individual excess is…” — Felipe Fernández-Armesto",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/postmodern-age/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/postmodern-age/",
            "name": "Postmodern Age Quotes",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/postmodern-age/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee6/jean-francois-lyotard-24555_age_our-working-hypothesis-is-that-the-statu_205704.jpg"
            },
            "description": "Browse 4 Postmodern Age quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Postmodern Age sayings and thoughts.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/postmodern-age/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/postmodern-age/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Postmodern Age Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/postmodern-age/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```