Contemporary times, Sardar has argued recently, have become 'postnormal' and that we live in "Postnormal Times" 'The espiritu del tiempo, the spirit of our age, is characterised by uncertainty, rapid change, realignment of power, upheaval and chaotic behaviour.
Postnormal times force us to focus on uncertainties, and the ignorances associated with them, that we will constantly encounter in the near and far future.