Metanarratives Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Postmodernism Question and answers already passed 2023/2024true - correct answer t/f: a reaction to the evils of modernism true - correct answer t/f: views truth claims as political power plays social construct - correct answer what does postmodernism view truth as? false - correct answer t/f: ultimate knowledge is accessible. false (metanarratives are sus) - correct answer t/f: postmodernism accepts metanarratives as truth after modernism - correct answer what does postmodernism ...

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...

Postmodernismtrue - correct answer t/f: a reaction to the evils of modernism true - correct answer t/f: views truth claims as political power plays social construct - correct answer what does postmodernism view truth as? false - correct answer t/f: ultimate knowledge is accessible. false (metanarratives are sus) - correct answer t/f: postmodernism accepts metanarratives as truth after modernism - correct answer what does postmodernism mean? Modernism - correct answer what was t...

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...

Postmodernism TestPostmodernism is a skeptical worldview founded as a reaction to - correct answer Modernism What Postmodernism is suspicious of - correct answer Metanarratives Postmodernism teaches that ultimate reality is - correct answer Inaccessible According to Postmodernism, what is a social construct - correct answer Knowledge Postmodernism believes truth-claims are what - correct answer Political power plays Modernism followed what time period - correct answer The Enlighte...

Postmodernism Test Question and answers already passed 2023/2024 Postmodernism is a skeptical worldview founded as a reaction to - correct answer Modernism What Postmodernism is suspicious of - correct answer Metanarratives Postmodernism teaches that ultimate reality is - correct answer Inaccessible According to Postmodernism, what is a social construct - correct answer Knowledge Postmodernism believes truth-claims are what - correct answer Political power plays Modernism followe...

Sociology-Postmodernism and Religion Questions and Answers Overview of postmodernism ANSWER emerged in the1960s challenged 'modernist' theories that tried to explain society as whole. Postmodernists differ from other social theories because they claim that society has undergone funamental changes, where as other traditional theories claim that society is simply evolving. - doesn't claim that religion is good or bad but simply seeks to explore some of the characteristics of society today, ...

PostmodernismThe starting point of postmodernism wisdom is____. a. found in proverbs denial of logic wledging the death of God is no wisdom in postmodernism - correct answer c The end of postmodern wisdom is____. denial of sin denial of logic wledging the death of god is no wisdom in postmodernism - correct answer c Consensus exists about the meaning of postmodernism. T,F - correct answer f Postmodernism is long on____and short on____. ude, arguement , relativism ment, a...

Sociology - Postmodernism and Religion Questions with complete solution 2023/2024 Overview of postmodernism - correct answer emerged in the1960s challenged 'modernist' theories that tried to explain society as whole. Postmodernists differ from other social theories because they claim that society has undergone fundamental changes, where as other traditional theories claim that society is simply evolving. - doesn't claim that religion is good or bad but simply seeks to explore some of the ch...

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...