Postmodernism

Question 1

Globalisation

Answer 1

world becoming more interconnected

Question 2

time & space compression

Answer 2

world feels like it’s becoming smaller -> metaphorical shrinking of the world

Question 3

pick & mix identity

Answer 3

we can choose who we are

Question 4

simulacra

Answer 4

replace reality with a representation of it -> real but fake

Question 5

media saturated

Answer 5

media distorts how we see the world

Question 6

hybrid identity

Answer 6

fusion of several identities

Question 7

EVALUATION -> Strengths

Answer 7

challenged dominance of traditional theories -> revitalised sociology
revaluation of older perspectives who have become complacent
recognised significant social changes which other theories have ignored

Question 8

EVALUATION -> Weaknesses

Answer 8

exaggerating extent of recent social change -> no complete break from modernity
underestimates importance of social structures on identity
encourages political apathy -> dangerous to assume all truths are equal/ everything is true