or lesser degree of political power any one group holds in relation to others. [Emphasis added]1 Postmodernists agree that various groups’ attempts to wield power is what drives society, yet their reactions to these struggles split them into two camps. Skeptical postmodernists regard power negatively, as an overwhelming force of repression. They view the cultural relativity of truth as an occasion for a cynical posture toward all commitments to truth. Affirmative postmodernists see power positively,