largely presents an image of society as being fragmented beyond repair, late modernists recognise that we can use our knowledge and interpretations of society in order to evaluate and improve situations. Modernity, Late Modernity & Postmodernity: A Summary Theories of modernism & postmodernism However, theories of modernism & contribute to our understanding of society postmodernism are limited in aiding our by… understanding because… Helping us to understand how society was Not all structuralist & action sociologists are structured in modern, industrial times in agreement as to how society was structured and organised at this time Helping us to recognise how globalisation Not all sociologists agree that globalisation led to significant changes to society from has changed society entirely; there is the 1970s onwards debate over whether we are in late or post modernity Demonstrating how knowledge is relative in If all knowledge is relative, surely this also a postmodern society applies to postmodern theory? Showing how we are less able to People have the intelligence and ability to distinguish between reality and fantasy challenge the information they receive and nowadays to differentiate between reality and fantasy Highlighting the nature of changes to our Postmodernism exaggerates the extent to culture and identity in a postmodern world which people have individual freedom and choice Analysing, from a Marxist of view, how Marxist postmodernism neglects that postmodernism has changed the face of industrial capitalism still exists elsewhere capitalism and influences Western society even today. Demonstrating how the various social Marxist postmodernism removes itself from justice movements exist in its traditional roots by failing to postmodernity have weakened working acknowledge that revolutionary change class fights for justice may be possible. Challenging the view that we are truly in a Late modernist theories downplay the postmodern society; perhaps we are in an extreme social changes which have era of late modernity instead occurred in our society since the 70s Showing how, in late modernism, people Not all people have the freedom to make have more freedom to evaluate their life changes to their lives; some are still choices restricted by wider structural factors Showing how, in late modernism, there are Not all risks can be safely or effectively risks to our safety which need to be managed managed
largely presents an image of society as being fragmented beyond repair, late modernists recognise that we can use our knowledge and interpretations of society in order to evaluate and improve situations. Modernity, Late Modernity & Postmodernity: A Summary Theories of modernism & postmodernism contribute to our understanding of society by… However, theories of modernism & postmodernism are limited in aiding our understanding because… Helping us to understand how society was structured in modern, industrial times Helping us to recognise how globalisation led to significant changes to society from the 1970s onwards Demonstrating how knowledge is relative in a postmodern society Showing how we are less able to distinguish between reality and fantasy nowadays Highlighting the nature of changes to our culture and identity in a postmodern world Analysing, from a Marxist of view, how postmodernism has changed the face of capitalism Demonstrating how the various social justice movements exist in postmodernity have weakened working class fights for justice Challenging the view that we are truly in a postmodern society; perhaps we are in an era of late modernity instead Showing how, in late modernism, people have more freedom to evaluate their life choices Showing how, in late modernism, there are risks to our safety which need to be managed Not all structuralist & action sociologists are in agreement as to how society was structured and organised at this time Not all sociologists agree that globalisation has changed society entirely; there is debate over whether we are in late or post modernity If all knowledge is relative, surely this also applies to postmodern theory? People have the intelligence and ability to challenge the information they receive and to differentiate between reality and fantasy Postmodernism exaggerates the extent to which people have individual freedom and choice Marxist postmodernism neglects that industrial capitalism still exists elsewhere and influences Western society even today. Marxist postmodernism removes itself from its traditional roots by failing to acknowledge that revolutionary change may be possible. Late modernist theories downplay the extreme social changes which have occurred in our society since the 70s Not all people have the freedom to make changes to their lives; some are still restricted by wider structural factors Not all risks can be safely or effectively managed