On propose une description et une explication de l'émergence du postmodernisme entendu comme mouvement culturel aux facettes multiples. Des données intertemporelles sur les nombres de publications mettent en lumière les déplacements d'attention portée aux différents champs. L'explication se concentre sur les processus qui affectent trois champs interconnectés (artistique, intellectuel, universitaire) et sur leurs relations avec des changements sociaux plus larges. The article purports to describe and explain the emergence and development of postmodernism as a multi-faceted cultural movement. Data on numbers of publications are presented to show the expansion of postmodernism and shifts in relative attention to various topics. The explanation focuses on processes in three interconnected cultural fields—the artistic, the intellectual and the academic—, which were influenced by wider social transformations. Dieser Aufsatz versucht die Entstehung und die Entwicklung der Postmoderne als eine kulturelle, buntgefächerte Bewegung zu beschreiben und zu erklären. Die Anzahl der Veröffentlichungen soll die Ausbreitung der Postmoderne aufzeigen und den fließenden Übergang zu den einzelnen Bereichen veranschaulichen. Die Untersuchung konzentriert sich auf drei zusammen gehörende Kulturbereiche (Kunst, Bildung, Universität), die von großen sozialen Strömungen beeinflußt worden sind.
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