Tag: Postmodernism and Late Modernsim
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Sociological Theories of Consumerism and Consumption
Many of us spend a lot of time thinking about the things we might consume, and how we might consume them, and we do this not only as individuals, but as friends, partners, and families, and so intensely do we think about our consumption practices that the things we buy and the experiences we engage…
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Zygmunt Bauman’s Liquid Times – A Summary
Zygmunt Bauman is one of the world’s leading sociologists. He is particularly interested in how the west’s increasing obsession with ‘individualism’ actually prevents the individual from being free in any meaningful sense of the word. In ‘Liquid Times (2007), Bauman argues that there are a number of negative consequences of globalisation such as the generation…
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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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Post-Modernity and Postmodernism
‘Post-modernity’ refers to the view that the institutions and ways of living characteristic of modernity have been replaced by new institutional features to such a profound extent that it is no longer plausible to look at the 21st century as a continuation of modernity. Postmodernism is a term that refers to new ways of thinking…
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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…
