A strange article, attempting to defend a strange phenomenon.

No definition of post modernism was put forward by the authors, before launching an attack on critics.

What is it that is being defended? A mental aberration alleged to be a philosophy.

The sad aspect of this is that a great thinker, Nietzsche, was posthumously coopted as a supporter of the basic tenet that there is no such thing as truth.

A quote taken from his lament, that no attention was paid to truth, and expressing his regret at its elusive nature; “There is no truth. Anything is allowed” is asserted to support the opposite of his meaning, and misrepresented to assert that there is no such thing as truth.

How such an abomination of an idea ever received consideration is difficult to fathom, since justice, love, reason and other pillars of our thinking process, have the same disability as the concept of truth, in their claim to existence

All those words in that long article, wasted on a nonsense. And that is only part 1.

It was Hassan-i Sabbah of the Order or Assassins, who is alleged to have said on his deathbead that "Nothing is true. Everything is permitted." This statement has been quoted by artists and writers such as William S. Burroughs, Bryon Gysin and Hakim Bey.

Nietzsche, however, said "There are no facts, only interpretations", which is widely understood as meaning that a 'fact' has no meaning without interpretation. But there are various interpretations of Nietzsche's 'perspectivism'. ;)

I'm new here, so am not in a position to say whether the article was appropriate for this web site, however I tend to sympathise with Glen's frustration (over at part 2) at some of the responses here. Encountering the unfamiliar is an opportunity to learn and grow. Too often we reject that which we don't understand - I think that's one of the greatest political and ethical challenges that we face. We should all try to take care to be more open and generous with each other.

That said, I pretty much agree with the thrust of the article, and with Chainsmoker's comment above.