COMS 201 Quiz: Coms 201 → Postmodernsim.docx

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Communications Studies
• Course: COMS 201
• Professor: Dawn Johnson

Document Summary

Postmodernism: embracing grey areas not searching for b and w, the world is not clear-cut and human coms are not easy to explain. Three key characteristics of the modernist period : rise of science and reason, the coherent/autonomous self: Everything could be explained by s and r. Didn"t focus on things that couldn"t be explained. Responding to many years of religion guiding people"s lives. Tried to move away from this thinking and toward explaining individuals as. Coherent, logical, and autonomous selves with internal cores and easy to explain identities (labels: mother/doctor etc. ) The individual is a tidy and contained unit. Our relationships with others could be understood as collections of these coherent stable and logical selves. People need to work together to create a stable coherent society. Grand narratives emerged: stable/coherent society (grand or metanarratives): And postmodernism was developed in direct response to modernism.