Post Modernism Flashcards
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Def Post Modernism
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-Sci + tech can fix anything
-ideal world=ruled-reason + tech
-need rethink our belief in sci (desires, wishes +dreams that drive human, not sci reasons)
-tells us must be something else besides sci+tech
EXAMINES:
way see ourself
failure-sci > solve many problems
reasons may not be good > solve problems
need experience all emotions
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Philosophies linked to Post Modernism
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- phenomenology (who are we)
- hermeneutics ( symbols + images speak to us)
- empiricsm (asks whats actually going on)
- form of feminism ( who says male=norm)
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Proponents Post Modernism
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Jacques Derrida
Michael Foucault
Jean Baudrillard
Jacques Lacan
4
Q
Teaching Post Modernism
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question all truths
dialogue / questionings
self empowerment
5
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Advantages Post Modernism
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- reassess quality-lives
- resist pressure > turn into workaholics
- gain more creative energy
- question claims-rigid morality
- lead freer lives
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Disadvantages Post Modernism
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encourages destructive behaviour
doesn’t give alternatives > sci as away forward
underestimates NB of discipline
lead > despair
