Category: Postmodernism and Late Modernsim
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Zygmunt Bauman’s Liquid Modernity – A Summary of Chapter One
A brief summary of Zygmunt Bauman’s Liquid Modernity, chapter one. A level sociology labels Bauman as a postmodern Marxist. Chapter One – Emancipation The chapter begins with Marcuse’s complaint (writing in the 1970s) that most people don’t see the need to be liberated from society, and of those that do, relatively few are prepared to…
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Postmodern and Late Modern Sociological Thought
A brief summary of post and late modern thought, for A Level Sociology. Postmodern Thought Late Modern Responses to Postmodern Thought Ideas about the economy, politics and society Post-Industrial, service sector, portfolio workers and consumption is central Declining power of the Nation State Disorganised Capitalism/ Liquid Capitalism (Bauman) Culture is free from structure – it…
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Modernity and Postmodernity – A Summary
Technological changes, globalisation and the move from Modernity to Postmodernity Two key processes which underpin the move from ‘Modernity’ to ‘Postmodernity’ are technological changes and globalisation. The development of satellite communications and transport technologies seem to be the main causes of globalisation, or the increasing interconnectedness of people across the world. Today we live in…
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Post and Late Modern Perspectives on Society and Identity
This is intended to be an uber-brief summary, for fuller accounts please see other relevant posts. The postmodern view of society Globalisation destablises social structures Consumer culture floats free from other institutions The media and hyperreality are important There is much more diversity The End of Metanarratives The corresponding postmodern view of identity Individuals identities are…
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Comparing Post and Late Modern views of self, society and sociology
A comparison of Post and Late Modern Views of self and society, and the corresponding purposes of social research Postmodern View of Society and Self -Globalisation destabilises social structures – Globalisation is an unpredictable process -Consumer culture is free from social structure and this is what informs most people’s lives -Hyperreality is more important than…
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Critical Responses to Postmodernism
Anthony Giddens attacks post-modernity firstly because he believes that we have not yet left modernity – and thus the sociology of modernity still provides the correct tools for analysing contemporary society, and secondly because he believes that there is still a social structure with both constrains and enables human action. Structuration Theory Giddens theory is…
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Postmodernism and the Point of Sociology
A brief post on the relationship between Postmodernisation and what the point of Sociology might be from a Postmodern Perspective: The process of Postmodernisation consist of: Globalisation which destabilises social structures – Globalisation is an unpredictable process Consumer culture is free from social structure and this is what informs most people’s lives Hyperreality is more…
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Criticisms of Postmodernism
While most sociologists agree that modern society is more fragmented and uncertain, they disagree with some elements of post-modernism a. Lyotard’s idea about the collapse of grand narratives can be criticised because it is itself a ‘grand narrative’ b. Frederick Jamieson argued that Post-Modernism is the ‘cultural logic of late capitalism’ – In the same…
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Three Examples of Post-Modern Thinkers
Post modernists argue that we need new ways of thought to understand and conceptualise this new ‘post-modern society’ – the age old theories of modernity are no longer relevant! Lyotard – the abandonment of the Enlightenment Project Lyotard refers to post-modernism as‘incredulity towards metanarratives’. A metanarrative is a theory that holds that it is the…
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Postmodern and Late Modern Views of Education – A Summary
The Postmodernist View of Education Postmodernists stand against universalising education systems – it there is no one truth, then it is not appropriate to have a one size fits all education system. Modernist education is oppressive to many students – students give up their freedom for 11 years in order to learn knowledge which will…
