religion; science and philosophies are examples of these. They have a superior status over other belief systems and also claimed they could explain the causes of society’s problems and could therefore provide solutions. According to Jean-François Lyotard‚ the grand-narratives powerful attraction has been lost during the 20th century. So‚ science hasn’t delivered solutions‚ wars have devastated nations‚ and the world is still full of evils that the grand-narratives can’t explain or resolve. Examples
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- Time as a Postmodern Novel The promising and celebrated British Writer‚ Mark Haddon’s mystery narrative‚ The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night- Time explores the story of a 15 year old boy who manages to scrutinize the murder of his neighbour’s dog. What is special and particular about the book is that it features the first-person standpoint of the hero who has a social disability. The hero‚ Christopher appears as an autistic individual who lacks
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Man ’s Search for Meaning. New York: Washington Square‚ 1984. Grassi‚ Giovanna. "Benigni: Moretti ha già vinto l ’Ulivo d ’oro." Corriere della sera May 18‚ 1998. Kracauer‚ Siegfried. From Caligari to Hitler. Princeton‚ NJ: Princeton UP‚ 1966. Lyotard‚ Jean-Francois. "Defining the Postmodern." Postmodernism. Ed. Lisa Appignanesi. London: Institute for Contemporary Art‚ 1986. Lerner‚ Gad. Pinocchio (television program). Rai 2‚ 1999. Pezzetti‚ Marcello. "Considerazioni sulla rappresentazione della
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A short paper on Sociological Foundation of Education -By Gopi Chandra Upreti M. Phil. Development Studies‚ KUSOED Kathmandu‚ Nepal. Introduction Education is a process of learning. It is a kind of method to get knowledge in human life. As John Dewey said education ‘brings out all capabilities’ of human beings. It helps us to live our life independently. Accordingly‚ Socrates said that education has taken out our ideas from ‘innate capabilities’ so that we can know everything of the world. Education
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Modernism Although generally called a movement‚ it is more valid to see modernism as an international body of literature characterized by a new self-consciousness about modernity and by radical formal experimentation. Several literary movements and styles‚ notably Imagism and Vorticism‚ were fostered within modernism‚ which flourished from around 1890 until 1940. There was also a period of so-called "high modernism‚" 1920-5. Generally‚ modernists were driven by the belief that the assurances
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Visual culture Visual Culture as an academic subject is a field of study that generally includes some combination of cultural studies‚ art history‚ critical theory‚ philosophy‚ and anthropology‚ by focusing on aspects of culture that rely on visual images. Anthropology /ænθrɵˈpɒlədʒi/ is the academic study of humanity. It deals with all that is characteristic of the human experience‚ from physiology and the evolutionary origins to the social and cultural organization of human societies as well
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University Press. Lewin‚ K. (1951)‚ Field Theory in Social Science‚ New York: Harper and Row. Luthans‚ F. and Kreitner‚ R. (1985)‚ Organizational Behavior Modification and beyond: An Operant and Social Learning Approach‚ Glenview‚ IL: Scott Foresman & Co. Lyotard‚ J.F. (1984)‚ The Postmodern Condition: a report on knowledge‚ Minneapolis‚ MN: University of Minnesota Press. McGregor‚ D.M. (1957)‚ The Human Side of Enterprise‚ New York: McGraw-Hill. Marshak‚ R.J. (1993)‚ ‘Managing the metaphors of change’‚ Organisational
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Outline and assess the five main theoretical perspectives of sociology Marxism Marxism is the political philosophy and practice resulting from the work of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. Any political practice or theory that is based on an interpretation of the works of Marx and Engels may be called Marxism. Under capitalism‚ the proletariat‚ the working class own only their capacity to work meaning they have the ability only to sell their own labour. According to Marx a class is defined
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“no matter what research method are used ‚all sociological studies will be affected by the values of the researcher”.Explain and asses. In my answer ‚ I will explain ans asses the statement of “no matter what research method are used ‚all sociological studies will be affected by the values of the researcher” through interactionist’s ‚ functionalist’s ‚postmodernist’s and marxist’s values. Interactionist claims that people create their own meanings. They react ‚reflect on their own behaviour
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Avant-Grade Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English‚ to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative‚ particularly with respect to art‚ culture‚ and politics. Avant-garde represents a pushing of the boundaries of what is accepted as the norm or the status quo‚ primarily in the cultural realm. The notion of the existence of the avant-garde is considered by some to be a hallmark of modernism‚ as distinct from postmodernism. Postmodernism
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