Postmodernism

The main three grand philosophies that are associated with the theories of Social Work are; structuralism, modernism and post-conventionalism. These grand theories are not just used for Social Work, many other professions practice them too. These philosophies are used all around us in today’s day and age, people can see a product of this from a photo, song, website, building, or from pieces of art. The theory of Post-Conventionalism is all about knowing that there are many answers to a certain…

2. The Crying of Lot 49: modernism or postmodernism? In my arguing that The Crying of Lot 49 can also be construed as a late-modernist text, I will turn to Harvey’s essay ‘The Cry from Within or Without? Pynchon and the Modern – Postmodern Divide’ where he fervently argues against McHale’s ‘claim’ that The Crying of Lot 49 is fundamentally a modernist text by presenting two core arguments relating to a) intertextuality and b) Oedipa’s search for truth. Before I will dispute any arguments of…

A very close reading of his poem is required in order to decipher its meaning. Neruda never explicitly says what he is talking about in his fourth love poem, putting power in the hands of the reader. In his study of postmodernism in literature, Angel Daniel Mato stays, “the postmodern movement embraces instability and skepticism as its main traits.” This idea is evidenced in “The Morning is Full” because Neruda has love, but it is unstable, unpredictable, and even unusual…

Postmodernism is a theory that suggests human beings can not accept actual reality as the truth, but they rather accept reality as what they perceive to be true. Meaning that humans construct their own reality based off of their tendency to associate obvious characteristics in order to make sense of their world around them. These characteristics are used to formulate a “rational” explanation of what the object or concept represents. Similar to Derrida 's theory of deconstruction which deals with…

characteristic of postmodernism, in contrast to the previous work which had a more serious subject matter. The audience is left questioning the work, and feels emotional towards it’s meaning. "Criticism and the Lover A” represents the postmodern style as it crosses the boundaries and draws from several art traditions. Morimura's work also adopts different styles and combines them in a work from the past to create a new interpretation which is another characteristic of postmodernism. The work is…

In the novel, television is a very influential device in their life. Television has become a new reality, becoming more real than reality. In which, television becomes a simulacra for the consumer society. Frederic Jameson in his essay Postmodernism and Consumer Society”, talks about the “end of individualism” which Jameson believes happens for two reasons. The first being that “corporate capitalism” in relation to “that the older bourgeois individual subject no longer exists” (Jameson 1850)…

modernity (Giddens 1991), reflexive modernity (Beck et al 2003) or late capitalism (Harvey 1992). The era of postmodernity began in the late 20th century as many theorists had come out with their own taught and perception in explaining the ideas of postmodernism. Moreover, the theorists also link the idea of postmodernity with some cities in the world such as Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Gold Coast and Dubai. Thus, this essay will discuss the ideas of postmodernity that can be recognizes in Dubai…

The spirituality in postmodernism stress in feelings of artistic appreciation, peace of mind, holistic love, and a kind of untroubled compassion. In addition, in postmodernism, individuals often assume that energy forms the world and can be manipulated and controlled as well as postmodernism claimed to be nonreligious it frequently becomes a channeling or manipulation of spirits in practice (Shelly & Miller…

great films without including Pulp Fiction (1994). With its striking cinematography and its non-scored soundtrack, Pulp Fiction was a revolutionary motion picture because it popularized non-linear storytelling in film, and borrowed elements from postmodernism, genre films, and arthouse films, and blended them into something completely unique to Tarantino’s personal style (Berg, 2006). From many influences of foreign and niche films, Pulp Fiction was born, but it was the way Pulp Fiction combined…

is more nuanced than that. Instead, I will focus on bit selection, hoping to engage people in a dialogue about the blessings and dangers of the electronic age. Deresiewicz begins with a three-way comparison between Romanticism, Modernism and Postmodernism (in its broadest sense as…