Modernity, Late Modernity and Post Modernity
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- Modernity, Late Modernity and Post Modernity
- Modernity is...
- a period of time when, ordered rational thinking. Science was seen as ans
- Modernist theories of structuralism 'grand narratives' how the world got how it is
- Modern theories claim a monopoly truth - objectively right about the way the world is
- imdusttialisation 18th century. Nation territory. State organisation ie. welfare state
- Capitalism; societies are based on private ownership
- more freedom to define identity
- Postmodernism
- progressed from modernity
- service industries taken over by manufactured ones
- Pluralism of culture and roles. People interpret society differently ie own identities depending on circumstance
- sociology has moved on from a time when meta narratives answer all problems. Range of competing theroies out there which have something to say about society
- KEY DEBATE: sociologists all agree modernity and postmodernity- differ which one currently in
- Classical Theorists ie. Mark, Weber
- Durkheim- Modernity defined by organic (all work together in divisions of labour) solitarily and collective conscience
- Marx: Modernity is defined by capitalism. Society has advanced but is critical due to alienation + exploitation
- Weber: Modernityprob 'iron cage of rationality' rational thought stops human emotions. Recognises improvements but still concerned
- Giddens and Late Modernity
- define late modernity as : capitalism, industrialisation, surveillance, military power
- In Modernity there are global risks ie, nuc war. People more aware and doesn't provide stability
- Giddens describes this as juggernaut of modernity where they feel secure and unstable
- Beck and 'the risk' of Late Modernity
- science helps create risk, as people experience risk they become experrts on the eareas thar concern collecting data reflecting risks
- As a result modernity generates risks and attempts to tackle them
- science helps create risk, as people experience risk they become experrts on the eareas thar concern collecting data reflecting risks
- we are in late mod not fully modernity yet, as one aspect changes so do the rest
- Postmodernists
- we've moved beyond modernity into a new kind of society
- Harvey
- accepts that there are changes in society but the nature of knowledge has not changed, thus we do not need a new methodology to investigate
- post modernism represents not a compete rupture of modernism but a new 'cultural dominant' where elements that could be found in modernism appear in postmodernism with added intensity
- Critique Baudrillard not PM no more real than the incoherent picture before modernity
- modernity has 'ruptured' and became a new type of society. Rejects meta narrarive ie. marx fem
- society is now dominated by media, hyper reality and simulacra reality tv/ tv reality
- PM argues there are no criteria to prove theory true or false. We can't improve/ gaurentee knowledge is correct
- reject metanarratives ie. marx as they've helped created oppression that imposes their version of truth on others
- embrace diversity rather than impose our beliefs
- Lyotard knowledge is a series of 'language games' which are ways of seeing the world. PM society better because ethinic minorities etc now heard
- criticises metanarratives but in a sense creating new meta narrative
- Criticisms : PM critique society no suggestions how to improve it
- critique: has cap defeated marx thinking? recession
- Modernity is...
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