Enlightenment Essay Ever since God created the world it has been filled with activity‚ and for three hundred years until about fifty years ago we have been under the influence of the age of modernity. However‚ modernity is fast giving way to postmodernism and again the force this change will undoubtedly cause people to once again change their perspective of the world and how they see truth and respond to the basic issues of life [ (Struckmeyer‚ 2007) ]. This will also have an enormous effect
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Race‚ Class‚ and Gender in Learning Strayer University There is no simple definition or answer when one asks the question‚ “What is the purpose of education in adult learning.” To justly answer or define this question one most first ask one definitive question that will provide three important variables. Ultimately‚ we must ask “Who is asking this question?” simply‚ what is this person’s background‚ are they a WASP or a minority? What is their social class? Are they male or female? The answers
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The Functional -Structural Approach has dominated organizational studies. Describe and discuss the paradigm fully and assess the challenge posed to it by Postmodernism. Introduction Functional approach is considered the second very essential paradigm in psychology. Functional structural approach in psychology deals with cognitive processes that incorporate consciousness (Burrell and Gareth‚ 41). William James the father of functional approach came up to this paradigm from a viewpoint
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is. Our reality is constructed from our modes of communication rather than set it in stone. It changes and influences us everyday. Postmodernism Postmodernism is largely a reaction to the assumed certainty of scientific‚ or objective‚ efforts to explain reality. Reality is constructed as people try to understand their particular and personal reality. Postmodernism is highly skeptical of explanations that claim to be Universal‚ and instead focuses on the relative truths of each individual person
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‘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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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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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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