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Postmodern Perspective
What Is It?
It rejects many of the assumptions that was made by these theories about the nature of society and individuals
This is because these theories emerged in the modern era, whereby behaviour was far more predictable and certain than it is today
They believe society has developed through several
stages (traditional, modern, postmodern)
. Postmodernism is the view that society has moved beyond
modernity, and we have now entered the postmodern era
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Post Modern Society
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Cultural diversity: globalisation has led to an increase in cultural
diversity and 'hybridity' (the mixing of different cultural traditions).
Lyotard- Metanarratives
In the traditional (pre-modern and pre-industrial society),magic and religion were used to provide these big stories, to offer people guidance, hope, and an understanding of the world.
In the modern era, postmodernists criticise other theories, especially structuralist macro theories, as being simply big stories just like religion was in the traditional era.
They are theories that seek to explain everything, and apply their research to whole societies (e.g. Marxism and capitalism, feminism and patriarchy, functionalism and value consensus)
As we enter the postmodern era, these belief systems are
being rejected- people no longer believe in metanarratives
Link to Family
Evidence to support the postmodern view that society has experienced rapid change can be seen by the increases in family diversity
Judith Stacey argues that family life today is characterised by diversity, not alikeness.
Rapport & Rapport
life. They identified a number of ways in which family life was diverse, in contrast to the idea that the nuclear family was the clear norm.
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Class.
Availability of resources, quality of housing, leisure opportunities, etc. all impact the nature of families and family life.
Life course.
Rapoport and Rapoport point out that we do not live in the same family structure, family set-up or type of household for the whole of our lives.
Cohort
There is also change over time and what is the norm, in terms of family life, for one generation, is not for the next.
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