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Globalisation, Modernity & Postmodernity - Coggle Diagram
Globalisation, Modernity & Postmodernity
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Explaining the Changes
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Three theories offer answers to theses questions: Postmodern, theories of late modernity, and Marxist theories of post modernity
POSTMODERNISM
we live in a new era. Postmodern society is a fundamental break with modernity & requires new kind of theory to explain it
KNOWLEDGE
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therefore any theory claiming to have the truth. eg marxists is a meta-narraive - just someones reality.
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ENLIGHTENMENT PROJECT
In PM society, the media creates a hyper-reality -> photoshop hard to distinguish from real & fake.
If we cant grasp reality, we have lost the power to change it to improve society - The Enlightenment Project is unachieveable
CULTURE & IDENTITY
The media produces an endless stream of images, making culture unstable & fragmented, there is no longer a coherant set of values. People dont believe the truth
Identity becomes destabalised : we can change it simply by changing consumption patterns, picking & mixing media-produced images to define ourselves
Ignores the ruling class use of media for ideological domination // Its wrong to claim people can't distinguish reality from media. // Critics argue we can use knowledge to solve human problems.
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