SOC110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Postmodern Culture
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A number of profound cultural developments affecting new forms of perceiving and understanding the social world are running parallel to the developments associated with postindustrial economies societies so in different ways. Both of these shifts "distort" cultural features of industrial societies, but they do. Some changes greatly exaggerate patterns which have started in industrial. Two of the most important examples are hyperrationality (discussed next) and. On the other hand, there are societal developments that seem to reverse patterns. Writing early in the twentieth century, weber contended that in most people"s daily lives supernatural ideas, superstitions, and traditions played an ever- declining role. There was a growing rationality in their position, epitomized by the new science. By rationality weber meant that decision-making within the community, and in and technology particular its economy, required a careful evaluation of the probability that various means (alternatives) would lead to desired objectives. One example is the estimate by a corporation that supplementing its staff with.
