Modern And Postmodern Family Flashcards
What is Modernity
It is an era of human history during which society experienced social change caused by the Industrial Revolution during which the economy changed from primary (agriculture) to secondary (industrial) sector and urbanisation ( movement of people from the countryside into the cities) happened as a result of technological advances. This change had an impact on family life.
What is Postmodernity
Postmodern society is the new stage in human history
What is postmodernist characterised by?
Diversity-of cultures and lifestyles
Freedom-of choice
Rapid social change-which had been caused by technological advances which have decreased the barriers of time and space ( digital media)
What has postmodernity been caused by?
Postmodernity has been caused by globalisation.
Postmodernity impacts family life as it makes it’s less stable and less predictable
Globalisation
It refers to the increasing interconnectedness of the world through rapid economic, political, social and cultural and technological changes
Economic changes
- free market economy
- movement of people and goods
- sell ideas/services
- becoming weightless-money being in ideas(intangible)
- international trade organisations (EU)
- electronic
Political changes
- UN
- EU
- borderless world
- diversity
Social/cultural changes
- westernisation
- countries going/turning liberal
- media
- multiculturalism
- world is culturally diverse - global culture
Technological changes
- internet
- phones
- media
- communication and travel around the world is a lot faster
- travel - distances are getting shorter-we can travel faster
- exchange of information
