Postmodernism Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Sociology - Postmodernism and ReligionOverview of postmodernism - correct answer emerged in the1960s challenged 'modernist' theories that tried to explain society as whole. Postmodernists differ from other social theories because they claim that society has undergone fundamental changes, where as other traditional theories claim that society is simply evolving. - doesn't claim that religion is good or bad but simply seeks to explore some of the characteristics of society today, and hence, re...

A Level Sociology Family Diversity (Postmodernism and family diversity)A Level Sociology: Family Diversity: (Postmodernism and family diversity): As we have seen, modernist perspectives such as functionalism emphasize the dominance of one family type in modern society, namely the nuclear family. - correct answer Modernist approaches take a structural or "top down" view. That is, they see the family as a structure that shapes the behavior of its members so that they perform the functions socie...

IHUM Chapter 40 PostmodernismDefine what characterizes postmodern architecture. - correct answer adapting diverse aesthetics which gives emphasis on unique forms Whimsical celebrations of shapes Eclectic styles, incorporating many different styles into one building (anything but pure) Contradictory elements of design Opposite of "International Style" and Modernism Discuss the nature and significance of postmodernism and how it reflects pluralism. - correct answer Postmodernism claims th...

Unit 09 PostmodernismIn Postmodernism, what is prime reality--the really real? - correct answer Reality is socially constructed by those in power In Postmodernism, what is the nature of external reality, that is, the world around us? - correct answer Subject to social interpretation by those in power In Postmodernism, what is a human being? - correct answer Creates own meaning/morality by those in power In Postmodernism, what happens to a person at death? - correct answer Cease to exist...

Postmodernism TestPostmodernism is a skeptical worldview founded as a reaction to - correct answer Modernism What Postmodernism is suspicious of - correct answer Metanarratives Postmodernism teaches that ultimate reality is - correct answer Inaccessible According to Postmodernism, what is a social construct - correct answer Knowledge Postmodernism believes truth-claims are what - correct answer Political power plays Modernism followed what time period - correct answer The Enlighte...

PostmodernismThe starting point of postmodernism wisdom is____. a. found in proverbs denial of logic wledging the death of God is no wisdom in postmodernism - correct answer c The end of postmodern wisdom is____. denial of sin denial of logic wledging the death of god is no wisdom in postmodernism - correct answer c Consensus exists about the meaning of postmodernism. T,F - correct answer f Postmodernism is long on____and short on____. ude, arguement , relativism ment, a...

Postmodernism Postmodernism - correct answer aesthetic, cultural *metafiction* (narrative within narrative) *self-reflexivity* *blurring of boundaries* (no high & low culture) *sheer play and existential commitment* *pastiche* (Comic Mona Lisa) (pieces of art alluding to what came before, revisit old style vs. Modernism, reinvent everything) *linguistic scepticism/deconstruction* (poststructuralism: meaning collapsed, my pen is not your pen) Meaning = unstable Not just literature, als...

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Postmodernism Features of modern society? - correct answer 1) The Nation State 2) Capitalism 3) Rationality, science and technology 4) Tradition, custom and ascribed status become less important as the basis for our actions. What are modernist theories a part of? - correct answer Modernist theories are part of the enlightenment project - the idea that society can progress through the use of human reason. When did modern society first emerge? - correct answer Late 18th century. Capit...

POSTMODERNISM, definition, general featuresPostmodernism: the term - correct answer - like 'modernism' or 'realism', 'postmodernism' can be used a) as a period term, and b) as a term designating a certain trend in literature and other media a) period from the 1960s to around 2000, or, as some say, to the present (i.e. not quite immediately following modernism, since the 1940s and l 950s showed a 'reaction against modernist experimentation' in poetry and fiction; cf. Rabinovitz 1967); th...