Template talk:Postmodernism topics

I'm excited about this navbox, since it's about a topic I've been interested in for a while. However, its status as a comparably-recent navbox definitely shows, especially when compared to Template:Modernism, Template:Romanticism, and Template:Age of Enlightenment (different as they are). I believe the topic is interesting enough, diverse enough, and important enough to warrant at least some degree of expansion, but I recognize that some of the people who actively edit this navbox or the linked pages may disagree, so I'd like to set aside some space for discussion on what should or shouldn't be included (and to finally give this template a talk page so that its red-link status doesn't bother me).

I'd like to start with two questions:

1. This template seems to be imitating the Modernism one, albeit very abbreviated. I think this is understandable given the topic's status as (allegedly) a direct successor of modernism as a (collection of) movement(s), but there are some fields in it that are not currently included (most notably architecture and theatre), and one of the fields, music, has famous composers but no famous pieces. Given this, I'd like to ask, Which fields should the template include examples/exemplars from, and why?
2. It looks like this template is focusing on the various postmodernist art movements. Fair enough, but given that the Romanticism template gives ample space to philosophers contemporary to the era, and of scholars who studied it later; plus the fact that the Enlightenment template is almost entirely thinkers and researchers, Should the template also include postmodern philosophers, and/or their critics?

I make no pretensions about having the answers to either of my questions. I just want to get the ball rolling. RadarStorm (talk) 20:45, 4 March 2026 (UTC)Reply