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Tag Archives: Postmodernism
Religious Pluralism: Evidence of Secularization?
Durkheim’s view of religion implied that a truly religious society could only have one religion in that society. In Durkheim’s analysis this was the situation in small-scale, Aboriginal societies, where every member of that society comes together at certain times … Continue reading
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Tagged diversity, new age, Postmodernism, religion
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Bauman’s Consuming Life A Summary – Chapter 2 – The Society of Consumers
Summary of chapter One A fairly lengthy, paraphrased summary with a few comments in italics In consumer culture people behave ‘unreflexivly’ – without thinking about what they consider to be their life purpose and what they believe to be the … Continue reading
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The Condition of Postmodernity (David Harvey): A Summary of Chapter Five
A summary of David Harvey’s (1989) The Condition of Postmodernity’: An Inquiry Into the Origins of Cultural Change. This is a summary of chapter five. You like to read my summaries of chapters one and two and three first of … Continue reading
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Tagged David Harvey, marxism, modernity, Postmodernism, postmodernity
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Sociological perspectives on the relationship between education and work
Functionalism Education teaches us specialist skills for work – At school, individuals learn the diverse skills necessary for this to take place. For example, we may all start off learning the same subjects, but later on we specialize when we … Continue reading
Posted in education, Work
Tagged A-level, exams, Functionalism, marxism, perspectives, Postmodernism, Revision, Sociology
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The Condition of Postmodernity, David Harvey: Chapter 3: Postmodernism, A Summary
A summary of David Harvey’s (1989) The Condition of Postmodernity’: An Inquiry Into the Origins of Cultural Change. This is a summary of chapter three. You like to read my summaries of chapter one and two first of all: Click … Continue reading
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Tagged Harvey, modernism, modernity, Postmodernism, postmodernity, Sociology
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The Condition of Postmodernity: Chapter 2
A summary of David Harvey’s (1989) The Condition of Postmodernity’: An Inquiry Into the Origins of Cultural Change, chapter 2. In chapter 2, Harvey deals at length with the contradictions within Modernity, from the Enlightenment project to the 1968 counter-culture, … Continue reading
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The Condition of Postmodernity, Chapter 1 Summary
A summary of chapter one of David Harvey’s (1989) Condition of Postmodernity Continue reading
The ‘Postmodern’ Tech Companies Embarking on ‘Modernist’ Projects
Technology Transnationals such as Apple, Google and Facebook have effectively embedded themselves into the lifeworlds of billions of people the world over through weaving their products and services into the fabric of daily life. While in many ways these tech … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, Google, IT, modernism, Postmodernism, TNCs
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Changing Education Paradigms
In this TED talk, Sir Ken Robinson argues that our current educational systems are still based on a industrial paradigm of education – education is increasingly standardised and about conformity, and kids, who are living in the most stimulating age … Continue reading
Posted in education, Postmodernism and Late Modernsim
Tagged education, industrialisation, Ken Robinson, New Right, Postmodernism, schools, testing
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