Quote Originally Posted by Raistlin
I haven't independently researched what postmodernism is, but if it is more of that "everything is subjective" bull[img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img][img]/xxx.gif[/img], I think we can safely conclude that it's a crock.

EDIT: Unfortunately, to answer the second part, it probably is getting a foot-hold in some of the more developed countries.
It's not so much that "everything is subjective", but rather that most avenues of human thought and endeavour - art, science, religion - are governed by human-devised structures and systems. For example, the church originally depended on people claiming to know absolute divine truth. Then we 'discovered' science, which has developed into a process whereby scientists research and analyse in ways that support the dominant paradigm, until some better paradigm comes along - and claim they're simply looking at 'truth' and 'reality'. In court cases, judges say they're making objective rulings on what the law is, when virtually any case could be decided dozens of ways, depending on which precedents are selected and followed.
Basically, postmodernism says that modernist thought is flawed because everything is influenced by subjectivity - even the meanings of words are basically constructed notions, different to each person and shaped by cultural context.
This is a very poor, very limited description of some of postmodernism, but meh.

In some ways, I do feel that some cultures are becoming postmodern. Not an active choice along the lines of "Oh, let's become postmodern because it's cool", but rather there's a cynical, self-critical rejection of traditional frameworks and meta-narratives. Radical feminism is kind of tied into postmodernism, although PM'ism isn't gender-specific.