Fundamentalism is primarily a reaction against modernity. Do you agree? Malise Ruthven describes fundamentalism as “A religious way of being that manifests itself in a strategy by which beleaguered believers attempt to preserve their distinctive identities as individuals or groups in the face of modernity and secularization.”1 During the latter part of the twentieth century fundamentalism has emerged among many major religions‚ with some displaying more militancy than others‚ in an attempt to
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Modernity is a concept that affects us all‚ it is always present and continually changing. The beginnings of modernity can be traced back through diverse stages of history and social change. This essay will define modernity and discuss the Enlightenment period and the French and Industrial revolutions. These stages of history were witness to unprecedented social change and it is in these periods that the early stages of modernity originate. Modernity is a condition that we all experience (Berman
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During the Interwar period‚ Canada experienced a time of prosperity‚ as well as a time of Great Depression. While Canada was flourishing‚ they fabricated nation building processes that are still used today. During their time of blossoming‚ prior to the Great Depression‚ Canada starting becoming an independent nation‚ developing a military‚ and experiencing economic gain. Canada starting becoming an independent nation during the interwar period by slowly withdrawing from the control of the British
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Traditions represent the Actual Identity of particular society‚ while getting rid of them is supposed to be a sign of modernity. Traditions‚ quite often‚ keep us United‚ but modernity‚ usually‚ takes us apart from each other. A tradition implies belief or custom‚ passed on to us by our ancestors. Much of what we do today has its roots in the past. Modernism is in total contras with the ideas or methods of the traditional ones. Old‚ it is said‚ is gold and should be preserved carefully. But it is
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Impact of Modernization on Indian society Indian society is very old and surviving even after many ups and down and social issues. This article involves a brief about the Indian society and impact of the social process of modernization and westernization on it. How the Indian society has implemented these both processes and to what extent. Society is a platform that gives a shape to the people’s livings‚ demands‚ aspirations‚ needs and all kinds of growths. When numerous people having diverse mindsets
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Some would describe modernism to be the rejection of convention in the modern period. Henri Matisse is an artist who worked through the modern period and his work exemplifies the characteristics that apply to the attempted definitions of modernism and modernity. ‘To pick out a work of art as exemplifying modernism is to see it as belonging to a special category within the western culture of the modern period’ (1) So what is it that defines certain works of art and that places them in this category
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Tradition and Modernity in Europe Europeans are well known for their firm traditions and their unwillingness to shift from old to new world ideals and changes. As the decades go by‚ Europeans are being bombarded with new world industry and new traditions. In 1976‚ through Susannah Hoffman’s documentary entitled “Kypseli: Women and Men Apart-A Divided Reality”‚ we are provided with the ultimate in European‚ namely Greek/Kypselian traditions. Hoffman shows the old world way of life when men
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time and memory; space‚ the city‚ and landscape; the sublime; and the relation between aesthetics and politics. -Jean-Francois Lyotard is a French philosopher best known for his ideas about post-modernism. In this essay‚ lyotard strongly doubts the idea of Habermas about the incomplete project of modernity. He disagrees with habermas in his attempt to bridge the gap between cognitive‚ ethical‚ and political discourse and opening a way to a unity of experience. He opines that Habermas ideas of the
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As some critics contended‚ postmodernism represents a break with the modernist notion that architecture should be technologically rational‚ austere and functional‚ discuss the ways in which one postmodern architect has developed strategies which overcome these tendencies. Juxtaposition is seen between the characteristics of early 20th century modern architecture and the artistic endeavours of postmodernism that followed. To represent the ‘Less is More’ (R.Venturi‚ 1966‚ pg16) notion the modernist
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Modernism and Post Modernism in Literature Modernism in Literature Literary Modernism has its origins in the late 19th and early 20th centuries‚ mainly in Europe and North America. Modernism is characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional styles of poetry and verse. Modernists experimented with literary form and expression‚ adhering to the modernist maxim to "Make it new." The modernist literary movement was driven by a desire to overturn traditional modes of representation and express
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