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Cody asked in Social ScienceSociology · 1 decade ago

Definition of "post-modern" in context of culture?

http://bigthink.com/series/11#!selected_item=409

In this video, Debold describes the "post-modern woman." What does post-modern mean in this context?

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    Post-modern means after modernity. It is the view that the second half of the 20th century heralded a significant cultural transformation.

    Most theories of "post-modernity" attach significance to things like the growth of mass media, the growth of consumerism, the erosion of traditional values and the apparent abandonment of Utopian political projects to demonstrate this.

    Probably the main theme is that postmodern culture is one of constant unrelenting change, that the idea of a fixed material reality has broken down due to things like TV and the Internet (i.e. for some people, what they see on TV is more real than anything else), and that as a result of this our identities are in a state of constant flux and rootlessness.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Taking something out of context would imply that they have extracted a verse from an entire chapter, story or composition. Cherry picking verses happens a lot, because people want to believe it says what they mean, and not what God says. When people say for example, the Day of the Lord, they decide it means Sunday. Further reading within the context of the chapter shows clearly it refers to the return of Christ and His wrath on the wicked. Big difference. So it is important to look at these chapters and verses as wholes, for that is the way they were written. Study of Scripture is so important for this reason, as Christ new people would do this. In your case, I do not know how or why someone said this to you specifically, I am only addressing where the accusation comes from.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    definition postmodern context culture

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