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Postmodernism – An Introduction for A-level Sociology Students

Posted on August 5, 2017 by

Postmodernism is an intellectual movement that became popular in the 1980s, and the ideas associated with it can be seen as a response to the social changes occurring with the shift from modernity to postmodernity. Postmodernists claim that the classic … Continue reading →

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Zygmunt Bauman’s Consuming Life (2007) – A Summary of Chapter One

Posted on January 23, 2017 by

A summary of Zygmunt Bauman’s Consuming Life (2007) – Chapter One I use paraphrasing heavily below, so a lot of this is Bauman’s own words, just cut down a lot and also simplified in places. Love the guy’s literary style … Continue reading →

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Dating and Relationships in Postmodernity

Posted on October 16, 2016 by

Tinder and other dating apps certainly seem to be changing the way we meet people in the postmodern age, but does the normalisation of these technologies represent a significant change in the nature of intimate relationships more generally? Some basic stats … Continue reading →

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Outline and analyse some of the ways in which crime has changed in postmodern society (10)

Posted on October 3, 2016 by

Outline and analyse some of the ways in which crime has changed in postmodern society (10) An example of how you might go about answering such a question (not an exhaustive answer) (Before reading this through, you might like to … Continue reading →

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Post and Late Modern Perspectives on Society and Identity

Posted on July 1, 2016 by

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 … Continue reading →

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Criticisms of Postmodernism

Posted on April 15, 2016 by

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 … Continue reading →

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From Modernity to Post-Modernity

Posted on April 9, 2016 by

In order to understand what post-modernity is, one has to understand what modernity, or modern society was! Somewhat confusingly ‘modern society’ refers to European society between roughly 1650- 1950 (ish) and post-modern society refers to European and many other ‘advanced’ … Continue reading →

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Modernity, Postmodernity and The Family

Posted on May 28, 2015 by

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 … Continue reading →

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