SOCI 3630 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Frantz Fanon, Hybridity, European Colonialism
29 Jan 2014
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Compare and contrast two articles from two different weeks, by analyzing and including other scholarly articles. (other articles, themes, authors) Due november 6 worth: 15 marks; length: 8 pgs double spaces apa format. Identify the common theme you wish to explore in comparing the articles, Provide a concise summary of the selected articles, Provide an analytic discussion of the articles with regard to the identified theme, A term applied to a wide-ranging set of developments in contemporary critical theory, philosophy, architecture, art, literature, culture, etc. Postmodernism has emerged as an area of academic study since the mid. Seeks to critique the enlightenment and modernism. Offers a critique of grand/meta narratives (lyotard) Offers a critique of totality, universal reason, and foundationalism. Rejects notions of absolute essences and essentialism. Offers a critique of metaphysics and meta physical thinking. Offers a new understanding of the self. Emphasized the necessity of connecting theory with practice. Sees modernist though as eurocentric and patriarchal.
