Postmodernism Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Postmodernismtrue - correct answer t/f: a reaction to the evils of modernism true - correct answer t/f: views truth claims as political power plays social construct - correct answer what does postmodernism view truth as? false - correct answer t/f: ultimate knowledge is accessible. false (metanarratives are sus) - correct answer t/f: postmodernism accepts metanarratives as truth after modernism - correct answer what does postmodernism mean? Modernism - correct answer what was t...

PostmodernismPremodernism - correct answer Dualistic approach, there is a natural and supernatural or extra-natural. All conclusions were theological. Creation was a result of God, because God created mankind, mankind must have a purpose. History followed an orderly pattern according to God's plan. Three transitions of thinking - correct answer Premodern, Modern, and Postmodern. Modernism - correct answer A revolt against a premodern type of thinking, although aspects of premodern thought...

Sociology - Postmodernism and ReligionOverview of postmodernism - correct answer emerged in the1960s challenged 'modernist' theories that tried to explain society as whole. Postmodernists differ from other social theories because they claim that society has undergone fundamental changes, where as other traditional theories claim that society is simply evolving. - doesn't claim that religion is good or bad but simply seeks to explore some of the characteristics of society today, and hence, re...

A Level Sociology Family Diversity (Postmodernism and family diversity)A Level Sociology: Family Diversity: (Postmodernism and family diversity): As we have seen, modernist perspectives such as functionalism emphasize the dominance of one family type in modern society, namely the nuclear family. - correct answer Modernist approaches take a structural or "top down" view. That is, they see the family as a structure that shapes the behavior of its members so that they perform the functions socie...

IHUM Chapter 40 PostmodernismDefine what characterizes postmodern architecture. - correct answer adapting diverse aesthetics which gives emphasis on unique forms Whimsical celebrations of shapes Eclectic styles, incorporating many different styles into one building (anything but pure) Contradictory elements of design Opposite of "International Style" and Modernism Discuss the nature and significance of postmodernism and how it reflects pluralism. - correct answer Postmodernism claims th...

Unit 09 PostmodernismIn Postmodernism, what is prime reality--the really real? - correct answer Reality is socially constructed by those in power In Postmodernism, what is the nature of external reality, that is, the world around us? - correct answer Subject to social interpretation by those in power In Postmodernism, what is a human being? - correct answer Creates own meaning/morality by those in power In Postmodernism, what happens to a person at death? - correct answer Cease to exist...

Postmodernism TestPostmodernism is a skeptical worldview founded as a reaction to - correct answer Modernism What Postmodernism is suspicious of - correct answer Metanarratives Postmodernism teaches that ultimate reality is - correct answer Inaccessible According to Postmodernism, what is a social construct - correct answer Knowledge Postmodernism believes truth-claims are what - correct answer Political power plays Modernism followed what time period - correct answer The Enlighte...

PostmodernismThe starting point of postmodernism wisdom is____. a. found in proverbs denial of logic wledging the death of God is no wisdom in postmodernism - correct answer c The end of postmodern wisdom is____. denial of sin denial of logic wledging the death of god is no wisdom in postmodernism - correct answer c Consensus exists about the meaning of postmodernism. T,F - correct answer f Postmodernism is long on____and short on____. ude, arguement , relativism ment, a...

Postmodernism Postmodernism - correct answer aesthetic, cultural *metafiction* (narrative within narrative) *self-reflexivity* *blurring of boundaries* (no high & low culture) *sheer play and existential commitment* *pastiche* (Comic Mona Lisa) (pieces of art alluding to what came before, revisit old style vs. Modernism, reinvent everything) *linguistic scepticism/deconstruction* (poststructuralism: meaning collapsed, my pen is not your pen) Meaning = unstable Not just literature, als...

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