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Explain Modern society |
-Have been undeniable changes in recent society -Globalisation=tech improvement, political and cultural changes has led to interconnectdness and greater risk -social media high risk, pollution |
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Explain Postmodernism view on society |
-Baudrillard= media saturated, no one truth, ways of seeing things, PM is based on competing views of the truth eg media -reject meta narratives such as Marxism as it's just someone's version of reality, not the truth. -All accounts of reality are equally valid so we should celebrate diversity of views. -critical of tv which has made it hard to distinguish between image and reality |
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Explain the continuation of modernity 'Late Modernity' |
-Giddens-interaction is disembedded and we use reflexivity, nothing is fixed -Globalisation has increased. -Beck=have to modify our actions, risk society, growing individualisation, tradition does not govern how we act |
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Explain the view that some agree with PM but disagree a new theory is needed to understand it |
-Marxists agree but do not see it as a break from the past-new phase of capitalism -Harvey=post fordism replaced fordism due to globalisation(tech, flexible workers, relative dep called flexible accumulation) -diversity and choice has weakened the working class, environmentalist, women's liberation, anti racism movements have emerged |
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Evaluate Marxist theories of PM |
Marxist theories of postmodernity appear to abandon this possibility for a revolution from the enlightenment project |
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Evaluate theories of late modernity |
-The poor are generally exposed to more environmental risks because they are more likely to live in heavily polluted areas -too fragmented to challenge capitalism |
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Evaluate postmodernism |
-ignores power and inequality eg media is a tool for the ruling class to dominate -simply wrong to claim that people cannot distinguish between reality and media image |
