Postmodernism and accounting : mirror or myth?

摘要: CJ de Villiers Department of Accounting University Pretoria Words such as postmodernism and postmodern have become part our vocabulary are used in everyday conversations . However, the underlying concepts ideas generally diffuse defy concise definition exact classification. This article examines their implications for accounting. It is accepted that does not necessarily replace modernism entirely. Rather, it represents a modification modernism. Some world an essentially modern subject, accounting , differentiated this For example, may be required to more flexible address needs various stakeholders whilst barriers between itself other subjects disciplines areas interest decline importance or even disappear.