What is Postmodernism? Explain some defining characteristics of modernity and post-modernity. Include in your discussion the main differences between an industrial and postindustrial society.

POSTMODERNISM

What is Postmodernism

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I . Introduction

What is Postmodernism

II . Body

Some defining characteristics of modernity

Some defining characteristics of post-modernity

Differences between industrial and postindustrial society

III . Conclusion

Introduction

Logically , postmodernism literally refer to the era ' or developments after modernity . It indeed refers to the actual dissolution or termination of the social forms that are linked to modernity (Sarup

.165 . 1979 saw

the entry of the term postmodernism in the philosophical lexicon . Postmodernism illustrates a new school of thought , reflection and even action that are related in one way or the other to the numerous factors that are constantly changing in the modern world . Postmodernism constitutes a set of critical , strategic and rhetorical practices that utilizes certain concepts to destabilize some other concepts (Howe pp . 513-532 . Whereas post-modernity refers generally to the of either philosophical or social period the current generation is living in , postmodernism is normally associated with cultural expressions of various sorts . Certain scholars for instance believe that postmodernism 's cultural works present possible solutions to the vast problems faced by cotemporary society

A postmodern condition comprises a world that is predominant of the logic of capitalism with no consideration of the theories or policies of the natural world . Such a society is constantly under specific government agencies scrutiny with much emphasis on private lives of individuals (Sarup

.165 . A postmodern society experiences sophisticated technology that...