Sociology 2266A/B Lecture Notes - Postmodernity, Post-Fordism
21 Apr 2014
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Postmodernism: different meanings in different disciplines: architecture: critique of modernist architecture e. g. international style= everywhere, philosophy and literary theory: deconstruction or challenge the notion of individual as unified subject into multiple and fragmented subject positions; Postmodernism: questions concepts of truth, freedom and rationality, questions universal truth given complexity of world, which cannot be represented by one single paradigm, argues for a new epistemology away from generalizing models e. g. positivism, argues that social life is inherently fragmented, disjointed and incomplete, living in a world of increasing instability = lots of jobs that are unstable (eg. more robots. Discursive formation : changing discursive formations of human sexuality, mental illness and crime throughout history, changing discursive formations are shaped by the rise of the sciences e. g. biology, psychology and sociology and fields of practice e. g, changing discursive formations are shaped by the rise of the sciences e. g. biology, psychology and sociology and fields of practice e. g. medicine, psychotherapy and social work.
