globalistaion, modernity and postmodernity

Question 1

What do late modernists believe?

Answer 1

• since globalisation we are in a new stage of modernity
• the enlightenment project is still continuing

Question 2

What does late modernist Giddens believe?

Answer 2

• giddens – two main features:
• disembedding — social relations are being lifted out of local contexts of interactions
• reflexivity — tradition and custom no longer guides to how we behave
• culture is becoming increasingly unstable

Question 3

What does late modernist Beck believe?

Answer 3

• late modernity has been made by humans in a way that means we are all exposed to huge risks. He calls this risk society
• science can provide us with plans to reduce these risks and protect us from them

Question 4

What do Marxists believe (globalisation, modernity and postmodernity)

Answer 4

• marxists agree that we are in the enlightenment project
• we have moved from modernity to postmodernity
• postmodernity is a new phase of capitalism

Question 5

What is an evaluation to the marxist view of postmodernity?

Answer 5

• marx thought the enlightenment project would result in a revolution however more recent marxist theories focus on how capitalism has been strengthened

Question 6

What four things is modernity based around?

Answer 6

• the nation state – countries were powerful and different from eachother
• capitalism – industrialisation leading to increasing wealth for those who owned means of production
• rationality and science – enlightenment period saw science replacing religion
• individualisim – people had more freedom to choose their course in life

Question 7

What do postmodernists believe?

Answer 7

• scientific knowledge is no longer the truth
• they believe that science is one of many possible truths
• postmodernists believe in hyper-reality where nothing is real
• truth is subjective

Question 8

What does postmodernist
Baudrillard believe?

Answer 8

• believes in simulcra which is:
  
  • postmodernist societies are based on buying and selling knowledge in the form of images and signs
  • these signs have no relation to physical reality making it difficult to distinguish between image and reality

Question 9

What is an evaluation to postmodernity?

Answer 9

• people can’t tell the difference between what is real and what isn’t
• assuming all beliefs are true can be dangerous and offensive
• grand theories have been used to solve many problems