‘Practising critical social work ’ in Allan‚ J. Pease‚ B. & Briskman‚ L. (eds.) (2003) Critical Social Work: An Introduction to Theories and Practices‚ Allen & Unwin‚ Crows Nest‚ NSW Carniol‚ B Chambon‚ A.S.‚ & Irving‚ A. (Eds.). (1994). Essays on postmodernism and social work. Toronto: Canadian Scholars ’ Press. Fook‚ J. (1999). Critical reflectivity in education and practice. In J. Fook (Ed.)‚ Transforming social work practice: Postmodern critical perspectives. St. Leonards NSW‚ Australia: Allen & Unwin
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“post”-traditions (especially‚ postmodernism and poststructuralism) skeptical of grand (or meta-) narratives as Marxism. The prefix “post” signifies that these newest traditions emerged after modernity‚ structuralism or colonialism and also as a protest‚ negation of and rupture with past traditions. Let us look upon the three major “post”-traditions ’’ postmodernism‚ poststructuralism and postcolonialism and compare them with the critical traditions. Postmodernism Working in the postmodern traditions
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Impact on Marriage and Family Therapy Social construction/postmodernism essentially turned the field of family therapy upside down. The basic premise of it challenges the “philosophic foundation on which MFT ideas and practices have been built” (Guise‚ p.14‚ 2009). The MFT model is based on a philosophy of modernism and the idea that truth is based on a known set of facts that can be seen or determined. Social construction/postmodernism however is based on a philosophy that suggests that there are
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World Christian theism‚ at best‚ can very loosely be compared to postmodernism in that both have established a worldview. Each also has a set of ideas to which the follower adheres to‚ in order to live a fulfilled life. However‚ these set of guidelines‚ if you will‚ are vastly different and lead to different ends. Christian theism principles are based upon the existence of God while postmodernism principles are based upon individual and/or personal reasoning. Sire goes as far to
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human reason and the ability of humans to discover and communicate truth. Second: that both our understanding and our society are continually progressing. Third: emphasis on and confidence in the individual. Postmodernism is a philosophy that says absolute truth does not exist. Postmodernism supporters deny long-held beliefs and conventions and maintain that all viewpoints are equally
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Aesthetics of the postmodern architecture is by nature; inspired and‚ intrinsically‚ and quintessentiallyrepresentativewithreferenceto the Pompidou centre Introduction If one were to look at some characteristics of postmodern architecture‚ or just postmodernism in general‚ a common component would be part of declining - by rejection‚ I mean‚ the rejection of thecorrectmindset which modernist thinkers‚ or in this case‚ modernist architects employed and/or attempted to convey. Abstract I will examine the
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both the appreciation and the production of arts are made available and accessible to all. It is predictable that arts will play a more active role in this century. In fact‚ this notable shift in arts is one of a characteristic of Postmodernism. In general‚ Postmodernism deems art as “a form of cultural production” which reflects cultural conditions. They question those “good” arts and “good” designs. They try to blur the boundaries between “good” and “bad” aesthetics. Hence‚ the interaction between
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many doubts to ideas that relied on metaphysics such as God‚ existence‚ and the meaning of life. Postmodernism is frequently used to explain a contemporary culture and began from the death of Christ. Sire says‚ that postmodernism is not post anything; it is the last move of the modern‚ the result of the modern taking its own commitments seriously and seeing that they fail to stand the test. Postmodernism no story can have more credibility than any other even though all stories are equal by the communities
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modernism (in contradistinction to ‘ultra-modernism’ which positively encourages the radical impulses to modernism). ‘Postmodernismo’ comes into widespread usage in Hispanic cultural circles. - See more at: http://www.preceden.com/timelines/62885-postmodernism-timeline-1939-2001#sthash.MbOcSmrq.dpuf Introduction Pruitt Igoe and the modernist demise 1949 housing act Settled in 1954 New suburbs cheaper Anyone with means moving Cheaper to buy a sububarn house than rent public housing St Lois population
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field of signifying practices‚ perhaps centred on a medium but certainly not bounded by it ’. (Victor Burgin‚ ’The absence of presence ’‚ Art in Theory‚ pp. 1098-9) Discuss the merits of Burgin ’s statement as a basis on which to distinguish postmodernism from Modernism in the practice of art. In your answer you should make reference to at least four works which you consider to be of particular relevance to an argument between these two positions. This question highlights one of the themes central
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