Modernity Flashcards

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Political unit with clearly defined borders, ruled from a centralised authority whose citizens usually speak the same language. First emerged in the late 18th century

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A mode of production, distribution and capital accumulation that behgan in Germany in the 17th century. Production in this type of economy can be considered as Fordist- standardised mass produced

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Using science to explain both the natural and social world, an end to ‘supersitious’ explanations of the world that are open to checking or disproving

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Theories of the natural or social world that are open to checking or disproving

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The move from the countryside to the city meant that people began to lve more interpersonal lives less tied ip with issues of identity based on family and locality and more about their individual contribution of the social whole

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Because social change is now very rapid traditional sources of authority are dying- we now must look within ourselves to modify our own behaviour.

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We are now living in an era of ‘risk’ that we have created ourselves, the possibility of bad things happening to us is now higher than ever

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Continually making choices about what is good or bad for us based on media sources

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Lifting action out of particular social contexts and giving it new meaning in an alternative context

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An idea that refers to the seemingly blurred lines between reality and fiction created by new media forms

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The idea that there can no longer be any objective truths with which to base explanation of the world on

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All truths are essentially as good as eachother

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