Category: Postmodernism and Late Modernsim
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Global Culture Industry by Lash and Lury, A Summary
In Global Culture Industry Lash and Lury argue that things have moved on since the days of Adorno and Horkheimer’s analysis of the culture industry and the Birmingham School’s critique: ‘we think that culture has taken on another, a different logic ,with transition from culture industry to global culture industry’. ‘What’s different was that in…
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Modernity, Postmodernity and The Family
Modernity, Postmodernity and The Family is one of the most difficult topics for students to get their heads around – The first thing to understand is that modernist social theories (Functionalism and Marxism) are OLD – and were theorising about the family over 50 years ago. The second thing is that Postmodern theories aren’t really…
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The Postmodern Perspective on The Family
Postmodernists argue that recent social changes such as increasing social fragmentation and diversity have made family more a matter of personal choice and as a result families have become more unstable and more diverse. Before reading this post you might like to review the topic of postmodernity more generally. Postmodernity, Social Change and the Family…
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Late modern perspectives on the family
Late-Modernists such as Anthony Giddens and Ulrich Beck recognize that people have more choice in terms of their relationships and family arrangements, but do not believe that people are as free as postmodernists suggest. There are still underlying patterns, and shared experiences of relationships that are a consequence of our living in a ‘late-modern’ society…
