Tag Archives: Postmodernism

Bauman’s ‘The Individualised Society’ – A Summary of the Preface

Posted on July 25, 2017 by

It may sound odd doing a summary of a preface, but there is a lot of heavy stuff in here…. According to Bauman ‘Sociology can help us link our individual decisions and actions to the deeper cause of our troubles … Continue reading →

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Summary of Zygmunt Bauman’s ‘The Individualised Society’ (part 1/3)

Posted on July 24, 2017 by

Chapter One  – The Rise and Fall of Labour This chapter explains that the decline of the labour movement is due the extraterritorial power of Capital. The industrial revolution led to labour being uprooted from its age old link to … Continue reading →

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Sociological Perspectives in Five Shapes

Posted on July 18, 2017 by

If you could represent the five sociological perspectives in sociology as five shapes, I think they’d look something like this: Functionalism – a rectangle as it emphasizes structure and order. Marxism – a triangle to represent the class structure, Bourgeoisie … Continue reading →

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Sociological Perspectives – Key Supporting Evidence

Posted on May 18, 2017 by

Below are a few quantitative and qualitative sources (case studies and statistics) that can be used to illustrate aspects of the main perspectives within A-level sociology – Functionalism, Marxism, Feminism, Social Action Theory and Post and Late Modernism Functionalism Bruce … Continue reading →

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Sociological Perspectives: Key Concepts

Posted on April 4, 2017 by

Definitions of key terms for the five basic sociological perspectives – Functionalism, Marxism, Feminism, Social Action Theory and Postmodernism. Functionalism Norms and Values Norms = the normal, typical or expected patterns of behaviour associated with societies or specific contexts or … Continue reading →

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From Pilgrim to Tourist – Or A Short History of Identity, Zygmunt Bauman

Posted on March 24, 2017 by

If the modern problem of identity was how to construct an identity, the postmodern problem of identity is how to avoid fixation and keep the options open. If the catchword of modernity was creation, the catchword of postmodernity is recycling. … Continue reading →

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Modernism and Postmodernism – What’s the Difference?

Posted on January 28, 2017 by

Modernism and Postmodernism – What’s the difference? The table below is taken from David Harvey’s Condition of Postmodernity (in turn taken from Hassan 1985). Harvey suggests that its a useful tool which helps us to see how postmodernity is, in … Continue reading →

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Theory and Methods for A Level Sociology: The Basics

Posted on January 27, 2017 by

An overview of theory and methods for second year A level sociology – a very brief overview covering the bare-bones of (1) Positivism and Interpretivism, (2) Is sociology a sicence?, (3) Sociology and value freedom, (4) Functionalism, (5) Marxism, (6) … Continue reading →

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Summary of Liquid Modernity – Chapter Two – Individuality

Posted on January 24, 2017 by

I’m presently enjoying re-reading Bauman’s major works – I thought offering up my summaries might be useful to some students. I will eventually further summarise/ comment/ critique, but in the meantime.. the raw summary of chapter two of Liquid Modernity…. … Continue reading →

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What is Postmodernism?

Posted on December 27, 2016 by

So what is this postmodernism of which many now speak? No one agrees as to what is meant by the term except that ‘postmodernism’ represents some kind of reaction to or departure from ‘modernism’. Since the meaning of modernism is … Continue reading →

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