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Post-Modernism Vocabulary Question and answers 100% correct 2023/2024Modernism - correct answer The Modernist period is defined as the period during and after World War I, during which a perceptual void existed in human society and in order to fill this gap, literary greats such as Picasso began to use art, literature, and music as a manner in which to fill this void and draw attention away from the destruction. Postmodernism - correct answer The Post-Modernist period is defined as the period...

Unit 09 PostmodernismIn Postmodernism, what is prime reality--the really real? - correct answer Reality is socially constructed by those in power In Postmodernism, what is the nature of external reality, that is, the world around us? - correct answer Subject to social interpretation by those in power In Postmodernism, what is a human being? - correct answer Creates own meaning/morality by those in power In Postmodernism, what happens to a person at death? - correct answer Cease to exist...

Chapter 7 - Postmodernismtruth - correct answer Postmodernism declares that _____ is whatever you define it as. postmodernism - correct answer A skeptical worldview, founded as a reaction to modernism, that is suspicious of metanarratives and teaches that ultimate reality is inaccessible, knowledge is a social construct, and truth-claims are political power plays. modernism - correct answer A strong belief in human reason, empiricism, science, and technological progress, as well as skeptic...

Sociology PostmodernismPostmodernism - correct answer In traditional societies magic or religion were used to provide explanations for the social world. These beliefs were known as meta-narratives (or big stories) that offered people guidance and hope. In modern societies, science and rational thought became the new meta-narrative. Sociological theories such as Marxism and functionalism suggest that that had the answers to make the world a better and safer place. Sociologists from each perspecti...

POSTMODERNISM, definition, general featuresPostmodernism: the term - correct answer - like 'modernism' or 'realism', 'postmodernism' can be used a) as a period term, and b) as a term designating a certain trend in literature and other media a) period from the 1960s to around 2000, or, as some say, to the present (i.e. not quite immediately following modernism, since the 1940s and l 950s showed a 'reaction against modernist experimentation' in poetry and fiction; cf. Rabinovitz 1967); th...

PostmodernismWhat is a metanarrative - correct answer big story e.g. science or religion What is modernism - correct answer During the 17th century, people began to abandon old religious ways of thinking and adopted a rational scientific mindset instead What caused metanarratives to collapse - correct answer -events such as two world wars which produced nuclear, chemical and biological weapons -environmental damage such as global warming caused by technological process -media tourism res...

PostmodernismWhat do postmodernists say? - correct answer They say that in the past 20 years or so, some sociologists have identified trends & developments which they claim show that industrial modernity is fragmenting or dissolving. They argue that industrial modernity is being replaced by a postmodern world in which many sociological ideas & concepts are becoming irrelevant. What does Taylor say are the characteristics of postmodern society? - correct answer The key social relationships ...

Sociology Final Exam Questions and Answers 2023 ____ is the transformation of culture and social institutions over time. Crowds in the form of political demonstrations and protest rallies can be described as _________. ___________ are a group of people focused on a shared action or goal. ____ are large crowds of people especially one that is disorderly and intent on causing trouble. _____ is a form of civil disorder commonly characterized by a group lashing out in a violent public disturban...

Post-Modernism VocabularyModernism - correct answer The Modernist period is defined as the period during and after World War I, during which a perceptual void existed in human society and in order to fill this gap, literary greats such as Picasso began to use art, literature, and music as a manner in which to fill this void and draw attention away from the destruction. Postmodernism - correct answer The Post-Modernist period is defined as the period after WWII, directly after the modernist pe...

Postmodernism3 key questions of postmodernism - correct answer Are we in a new era? Do we need new theories to understand it? Is objective knowledge still possible? Modern society - correct answer Nation state with powerful institutions. Capitalist organized by a state Fordist principle and mass production. Changes to modern society - correct answer Growing interconnectedness, we now have a global culture that is fragmented. No longer a nation state Technological advancements and dev...