Postmodernist Perspective on Culture

Postmodernism:

• Postmodern theorists argue that we are moving into a new kind of age - postmodern society. 
• There has been a shift away from big factories towards more flexible forms of technology.
• Also, there is less emphasis on 'making things' and more on processing 'information' via the new communication systems such as the Internet. 
• The pace of social change is extremely rapid and the old structures of social classes, communities, trade unions and extended families are disintegrating. 
• Consequently, traditional ways of behaving soon become outdated and irrelevant
• Postmodern theorists believe there is a new culture emerging, that of postmodernism. 
• In this new culture, we are constantly being bombarded by all sorts of cultural…