The point raised by postmodernists was that ______________.
A. truth and knowledge were subjective and depended on context
B. modernity could be measured by progress
C. only through the evolution of ideas could political change occur
D. western civilization could not be the only civilization that mattered
E. existence was futile
Answer: A
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