Postmodernism

Question 1

Modernity

Answer 1

Begun in the 1700s

This was the development of the enlightenment

Question 2

Enlightenment

Answer 2

Religion and ideology should be rejected and scientific reasoning is essential

Question 3

Globalisation

Answer 3

The world is getting smaller

Increased interconnectedness across national boundaries

Question 4

Technological changes

Answer 4

We can now cross the continent in a matter of hours
Exchange information with the click of a mouse
Time space compression

Question 5

Economic changes

Answer 5

Electronic economy- pay online, PayPal etc

Money is always moving

Question 6

Political changes

Answer 6

Globalisation has undermined the power of the nation state

Borderless world

Question 7

Shift in culture and identity

Answer 7

Globalisation makes it much harder for cultures to exist in isolation from one another

Question 8

Baudrillard

Answer 8

Simulacra- things in our culture that are copied, replicated or fake

Media and advertising etc

Question 9

Lyotard

Answer 9

People are isolated and dehumanised

Mass of populated show a lack of interest in social solidarity

Question 10

Metanarratives

Answer 10

Lyotard

Elaborate stories given to comfort people

Question 11

Evaluation of postmodernism

Answer 11

• points out failures of theories rather than putting positives in place
• criticised for failure to accept not everything is hyperreal