and theoretical lives. It is in this sense I am advocating a shift to a postmodern paradigm.29 I should make a quick comment or two about how I use the term “postmodern.” First, I see postmodernity as a kind of self-reflexive condition that emerges as modernity becomes conscious or aware of itself as modernity. The kinds of shifts described by the terms “modern” and “postmodern” are descriptive of material conditions and are directly linked to changes in our social and discursive practices. It makes