Postmodernism Flashcards
Pre-modern
1600
Medical period and before
Modern society
The enlightenment
Post- modern
Late 1950s
After ww2
Nation state
National government
One government is in control in terms of laws and policies
We are controlled by centralised state (laws, tax and education)
Development of capitalism
Industry led to the polarisation of classes
Epistemology
Religion v science
Development of knowledge
Rational thinking- bases on belief
Metinaritive = grand explanation
We now question religion
Social life
People are now in charge of their own destinies
Reasons for becoming a post modern society
Globalisation
Technology changes
Economic changes
Shift in culture and identity
Baudrillard
‘Simulacra’
Things in society are copied, replicated, unoriginal or fake
Lyotard
Meta narratives
Dismisses traditional theories such as Marxism and functionalist as they just want you to believe them
Beck
Risk society
