SOC 233 Lecture Notes - Hyperreality, Jean Baudrillard, Virtual Reality
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Video understanding sociology from modernity to postmodernity. Need a new form of sociology to understand the postmodern world. Postmodernism: challenge notions of truth, reality and reason. Without these three components, it is impossible to systematically study (a basis for the discipline of sociology). Modernity: emergence of modern industrial society; set of changes which is loosely termed as industrial or political revolutions. Changes in terms of knowledge and ideas; science and rationality. Structural and ideological changes; ways of thinking about the world. Set of ideas based upon science, rather than religion. Note pre-modern society (i. e. , providence) was crystallized by the enlightenment. Enlightenment: gave rise to scientific notions of the world. Faith in god replaced by faith in science and rational. Science of society; explain and predict how society works. 3 principle ideas of modern society: social order, rational understanding, progress. Note postmodernists reject all three modern principles ideas!
