Postmodernism in e-Government

Postmodernism does not have a standard definition. However, this paper tries to formulate the characteristics of postmodernism based on various ideas from some postmodernism figures. There are five characteristics of postmodernism which successfully formulated. Based on these five characteristics, this paper looks at the differences between postmodernism with its predecessor, that is modernism. In addition, this paper identifies that postmodernism is strongly influenced by the development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). This paper also tries to show the reciprocal relationship between postmodernism and ICTs. It can be argued that postmodernism is not only influenced by the development of ICTs, but also influence the development of ICTs. Specifically, this paper succeeded in showing the existence of the five characteristics of postmodernism on one of the emerging science in the ICTs, namely e-Government. There are two e-Government matters were observed, i.e. e-Government systems development process, and e-Government content delivery.