Relevant theory: Globalizaion Flashcards
What is postmodernism
The cultural and intellectual trend known as postmodernism developed out of a climate of dissent from modernism, the broad cultural movement in art and literature that had emerged from the Age of Enlightenment. Often identified or associated with other terms such as poststructuralism, decon-structivism, social constructionism, and postcolo-nialism, postmodernism developed in reaction to modernism and is sometimes seen as a rejection of the notion that there is such a thing as truth “out there” in favor of the view that truth is created rather than discovered.
Who are the main theorist in postmodernism
The origins of postmodernism have been vigorously debated by prominent postmodern theorists such as Jean Baudrillard, Jean-François Lyotard, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Thomas Kuhn, Richard Rorty, and their respective followers. Some claim that postmodernism began with the Industrial Revolution, or after World War I or World War II, or even more recently, in the 1960s. Other theorists claim that it began in the arenas of art, music, and literature, while others claim that postmodernism began as part of philosophical or sociological discourse, or in the field of architecture.
Who is the funder of sociology
Sociology emerged in the nineteenth century as people began to reflect on the nature of the new capitalist social order. French philosopher Auguste Comte (1798–1857), the father of sociology, gave his new science the name sociologie and hoped it would discover the laws governing human society, just as the laws of nature governed physics
