“后现代主义”这一术语在现代西方哲学中的迅速传播证明,现存的物质原理在许多领域中已越来越不适用了;并深刻地预见到,现时代不仅有开端,而且有结束。就这一点来说,“现代”不是“当代”的同义词。常常用“现代”这个概念来表示近代的思想或现代生活条件的全部总和,并被理解为从近代时期起在欧洲开始的经济、政治、哲学、科学、宗教和文化进步的产 The rapid spread of the term “postmodernism” in modern Western philosophy proves that the exisiting material principles have become less applicable in many fields; and it is profoundly foreseen that the present age is not only beginning but also ending. In this sense, “modern” is not synonymous with “contemporary.” The concept of “modernity” is often used to denote the total sum of modern thought or conditions of modern life and is understood as the economic, political, philosophical, scientific, religious and cultural progress that has been beginning in Europe since modern times