Telling these two stories in parallel, Sirk develops an insight strikingly close to post-modern theories of gender and race - that all such constructs are merely roles to be played, arbitrarily assigned by society.
Nowadays in post-modern theory civil society is necessarily a source of law, by being the basis from which people form opinions and lobby for what they believe law should be.
The basis for some of this approach stems from an post-modern theory including the cultural anthropology of Clifford Geertz.
Their music didn't necessarily sound similar, but was characterised by lyrics in German language (not a given in Germany) that gave voice to social criticism and were based on post-modern theory.
Mr. Welsh began with a fundamental premise of post-modern theory, that "art" is a fluid category, changing its meaning depending on its context and that art objects often have as much to say about the people who acquire them as about those who make them.
In addition to completing prerequisites for medical school, he studied anthropology, ethics, Eastern and Western philosophy, fine art, post-modern and post-structuralist critical theory, comparative mysticism and world religion.
After becoming dissatisfied with the ability of post-modern theories to explain history and political events, he became a Marxist at university.
Ms. Boddy's language and authorial self-description betray the strong influence of post-modern theory.
A light comic tale about a disappearing professor, prankishly rendered as a satire on post-modern, post-structuralist literary theories.
His research strongly draws from post-modern theory, especially the work of Michel Foucault and its antecedents.