01:920:101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Jean Baudrillard, Making Money, Macro Analysis
11 Aug 2019
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Behavior in the last category is often called instrumental, or rational, action. The rational choice approach posits that you could have only a single variable to explain society, self-interest would be the best one from it. Tailgating someone who tailgated you even though you will not receive any actual benefits. A person who believes in this approach might even use it to explain things that seem irrational. Although a rational choice approach often can be useful, it cannot explain some aspects of life. I. e. loving someone and putting someone else"s self interest in front of yours. Advocates of postmodernism claim that the classic social thinkers" idea that history has a shape- it goes somewhere and leads to progress- has collapsed. The postmodern world is not destined and instead, it is dominated by the new media, which. One important theorist of postmodernity, jean baudrillard, believed that electronic media created a chaotic, empty world.
