I think this is an interesting idea from the Postmodernism book by Kevin Hart on how postmodernism is driven by anti-essentialism. The idea that things are to be questioned in everything from art to culture and more...
Anti-essentialism
"Not long after you have started to talk to a postmodernist, especially if it is someone influenced by post-structuralism, you will find that person arguing for anti-essentialism. There are various forms of it, depending on what 'essentialism' is taken to mean. One of the most widespread forms amounts to the contention that there is no natural or universe essence to being human: everything to do with our state has been historically formed and culturally conditioned. The positioned has appealed to liberals, especially femininists and socialists, as well as post-humanists.
... some anti-essentialists chew over the old question 'What is it to be human?' and either criticise humanist answers to it or try to give better answers themselves."
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