In “Aesthetics and Anaesthetics: Walter Benjamin’s Artwork Essay Reconsidered‚” Susan Buck-Morss draws on some of Benjamin’s claims‚ such as the parallel between aesthetic and politics‚ and argues that one of the main issues with modernity is that it leads to anesthetization of one’s emotions and senses. In other words‚ modernization resulted in this dullness and numbness when it came to experiencing feelings. Buck-Morss links this necessary numbing to neurasthenia‚ which would be treated with drugs
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modern Japan resulted in the Second World War. Among countries outside Europe and the US‚ Japan recorded a high rise to modernity. The high rate of modernization put the Japanese on a tight rope as far as there cultural and social values were concerned. For them it meant losing some of their values to embrace modernity especially those that were not in line with modernity. During the first quarter of the 19th century‚ Japan was ruled by a class of people from the Samurai family‚ who laid social
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Asia went through a process of modernisation to cope with the challenges brought by the Western powers. This process of modernisation was characterised by numerous features‚ ranging from military‚ political‚ economic‚ industrial and technological reforms to changes in the legal‚ administration‚ diplomatic as well as education and women. There were long term socio-political and cultural impacts which shaped the modern East Asia in the early 20th century. While modernisation was in no way equivalent to
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Q: In the risk society is ‘security’ ever possible? Modernity or the Modern Age as it is commonly referred to‚ drastically changed the society we live in. The rapid advancements in physics‚ chemistry‚ mathematics and other sciences have enabled humans to reach peaks that were previously rendered unimaginable‚ or even impossible in the pre-modernity era. From inventions like television sets‚ microwaves‚ cars and personal computers (PCs) to walking on the Moon and breaking the speed of sound – all
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such as industrialisation‚ modernisation and a move to a postmodernist era means that there has been a emergence of a new mass culture. A widespread debate concerning the emergence of ’mass culture’ into society has emerged as it has caused much controversy and has caused many theorists to discuss how this has effected our society and culture as a whole. As quoted by the book ’After the great divide: Modernism‚ Mass culture‚ Postmodernism’ “The culture of modernity has been characterized by a
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http://caio.ueberalles.net/modernism/modernism.pdf English Literature I Caio Begotti Definition of Modernism and Critical Approach UFPR June 13 th 20101. Introduction We may better understand what exactly is modernism (focusing literature) if we take a look at the possible vernacular definitions or registered in a dictionary of what is modern‚ what makes modernism and what led us to modernity. It is wide known that whatever allow us to call something modern is still part of a ongoing
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represents a departure from modernism and is characterized by the self-conscious use of earlier styles and conventions‚ a mixing of different artistic styles and media ‚ and a general distrust of theories’.(Oxford Dictionaries‚ pra.2)For a long time‚ countless artists and theorists try to define the term modernism and postmodernism‚ but it was found too hard to distinguish them. By the opinions of Paul Smethurst‚ postmodernism could be presented as a reaction of modernism‚ but this is a complex and
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concept of eurocentrism. Following this‚ Kemalism and its effect on Islamism is going to be discussed. In the last part of the paper post-modernism and Khomeini and their role in the rise of Islamism are highlighted. EUROCENTRISM Eurocentrism can be described as a phenomenon establishing the West as the center of the world by equating it with modernity and as a result make it the destiny of the world to become westernized‚ since this is equal with being modern. This development is based
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Assignment #2: Jürgen Habermas Introduction Jürgen Habermas is without a doubt‚ the leading social theorist and the leading defender of modernity and rationality. He uses his theory of communication to help analyze the problems of the modern world‚ and strongly believes the issues can be solved. The purpose of this essay is to demonstrate the problems Habermas has analyzed in terms of the modern world‚ and to put emphasis on basic assumptions and key concepts of his communication theory of
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Essay – The Consequence Of Modernity The context of a point of time in history greatly influences an author’s idea to create a story‚ and for someone else to evolve them. Events occurring within society and the way people perceive other’s at a time also contributes majorly to the development of modernity. Bram Stoker’s novel ‘Dracula’ and David Goyer’s film ‘Blade Trinity’ contrast significantly as a result of difference in context. Weaponry had developed immensely over the two stories to cater
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