Postmodernity and Late modernity 0.0 / 5 ? SociologySociological theoryA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Abbie BroadbentCreated on: 14-03-15 11:16 235461 Across 1. Criticism of postmodernity - ignores power and inequality. Postmodernists are wrong to claim we can't distinguish between reality and media image (5, 3, 6) 3. Late modernity is period of growing individualism in which we become reflexive. Tradition is no longer important. Now think for ourselves and reflect on consequences of actions - reflexive modernisation. Risk consciousness becomes increasingly common (4) Down 2. Postmodernism is a weak theory - it fails to explain how features of society came about (4, 3, 7) 3. Knowledge is central to postmodernity. Buying and selling of material goods replaced by buying and selling of signs. Things are more associated with images than any substance that may lie behind them - develops so much bears no resemblance to reality (11) 4. 5 main features of popular culture that reflect postmodernity - breakdwon of distinction between culture and society and high and popular culture, emphasis on style at expense of substance, confusion over time and space, decline of meta-narratives (8) 5. Postmodernity developed late 1950's, changes relate to technology, science and changes in language. Language games are used to assert things are true/right. Each statement is a move which aids winning the game (getting version of truth accepted). (7) 6. In a society that is 'late modern' - now face a number of high consequence risks, tradition and custom are less important, relationships take place over time and space led to disembedding. No longer need face-to-face contact to interact (7)
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