Essay 1 - question 2 Jean-Francois Lyotard (75) calls narration "the quintessential form of customary knowledge." It is man’s way of expressing life‚ telling stories and constructing law. In essence narrative is a tool which allows us to empathise with others‚ an intrinsic trait unto our own humanity. Thus‚ "Like life itself‚ it is there‚ international‚ transhistorical‚ transcultural" (Barthes‚ 237). This is often done through an author’s ability to evoke an emotional response from their audience
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au/Australian_Women_In_Leadership_Census/2006_Australian_Women_In_Leadership_Census/2006.asp Freedman‚ E Genz‚ S. (2010). Singled Out Postfeminism ’s "New Woman" and the dilemma of having it all. The journal of popular culture‚ 43(1)‚ 97-119. Mission Australia Lyotard. (1984). The postmodern condition: A report on knowledge (10 ed.). Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press Moore‚ A.‚ & Reynolds‚ P Moore‚ M. (2009‚ June‚ 15). Homelessness rises in regional areas: Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved May 07‚
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structure and organization. Rational order and stability | Strengths – scientific approachWeakness – no longer fits the modern world – global communication‚ lack of emphasis on emotion. | Post Modern | Alvin Toffler‚ Daniel Bell‚ Jean- Francios Lyotard‚ Michel Foucault Jacque Derrida | After modernism‚ less structure. More service oriented‚ | Strengths – greater emphasis on professionalism‚ emphasis on innovation‚ technologyWeakness – thought by some to be little more than anti- modernism |
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Abstract This paper seeks to explain whether the television show called Seinfeld can be perceived as a postmodern show. In order to answer this question literature review was conducted in combination with analysis of the episodes from different seasons so it will be possible to notice and review the characteristics of the postmodern worldview across the Seinfeld’s seasons. The analysis showed that Seinfeld’s series have characteristics that can be defined as postmodern. Consequently‚ Seinfeld can
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Death of a Salesman:A Postmodernist Study Abstract: This study makes an attempt to analyze Death of a Salesman in an attempt to mirror the struggling modern characters who live in the world of postmodernism but are the slave of the preventive beliefs of modernism. This play is the story of all human beings who are in search of success‚ Love‚ Pride‚ and Ambition‚ but are oscillating between the modern and postmodern values. They find themselves disintegrated and isolated in the cruel language
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choice over their leisure activities. I for one believe that it depends greatly on personal preference for the leisure activities we partake in. Yet class or social status can also have a slight influence upon these factors. Postmodernists‚ such as Lyotard (1984)‚ believe that the boundaries between social class and leisure have become blurred‚ therefore clear links between class and leisure activities no longer exist. As a consequence of this‚ Postmodernists say that regardless of the social class
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The idea of postmodernism claims to be the successor and defendant of the 17th century’s Enlightenment. Postmodernists believe that western powers’ claims of freedom and prosperity are nothing more than empty promises that have not met the needs of humanity. They believe that truth is a simple and relative idea; truth is up to each individual to determine for himself. The idea of postmodernism believes that nationalism builds walls‚ creates enemies‚ and destroys the Earth. This is capitalism creates
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once the most important building‚ the church‚ can now be seen in ruins in being put to secular use for example in Bournemouth‚ Dorset‚ UK one church has been turned into a nightclub named ‘Halo’ and another has been turned into a Tesco Express. Lyotard (1984) who is a postmodernist states that a postmodern society is characterised by a loss of confidence in metanarratives – the big stories or grand explanations provided by science‚ religion and politics. This is because their claim to the truth
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The main issue in defining postmodernism are time and the ambiguity between modernism and postmodernism‚ the term “postmodernism” first entered the philosophical vocabulary in 1979‚ with the publication of The Postmodern Condition by Jean-François Lyotard.( Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy‚ Postmodernism pra.2)‚ but after WWⅡ‚ the flame of postmodernism has already burning. In America‚ WWⅡand the failure of the Vietnam War‚ enhance the anti-war emotional‚ coupled with the cold situation of international
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