Postmodernism - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

IHUM Chapter 40 PostmodernismDefine what characterizes postmodern architecture. - correct answer adapting diverse aesthetics which gives emphasis on unique forms Whimsical celebrations of shapes Eclectic styles, incorporating many different styles into one building (anything but pure) Contradictory elements of design Opposite of "International Style" and Modernism Discuss the nature and significance of postmodernism and how it reflects pluralism. - correct answer Postmodernism claims th...

English Unit 4: Contemporary Postmodernism UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers Justine *sell* her old camera and bought a new one. - CORRECT ANSWER- sold Until this morning, they *kept* the secret to themselves. - CORRECT ANSWER- no error The United States has *lead* the field in the development of computers. - CORRECT ANSWER- led

PostmodernismThe starting point of postmodernism wisdom is____. a. found in proverbs denial of logic wledging the death of God is no wisdom in postmodernism - correct answer c The end of postmodern wisdom is____. denial of sin denial of logic wledging the death of god is no wisdom in postmodernism - correct answer c Consensus exists about the meaning of postmodernism. T,F - correct answer f Postmodernism is long on____and short on____. ude, arguement , relativism ment, a...

Postmodernism Test Premodern- - correct answer > to 1600 AD Revelation is the foundation Modern- - correct answer 1600 to 1960 AD Science comes to forefront Postmodern- - correct answer 1960 to ? Experience is most important John Stonestreet speaks of the Wexner Center of Performing Arts, the first postmodern building. On which University campus is this building located? - correct answer The Ohio State The "Godfather" of the postmodernists, who proclaimed in the Parable of the ...

A Level Sociology Family Diversity (Postmodernism and family diversity)A Level Sociology: Family Diversity: (Postmodernism and family diversity): As we have seen, modernist perspectives such as functionalism emphasize the dominance of one family type in modern society, namely the nuclear family. - correct answer Modernist approaches take a structural or "top down" view. That is, they see the family as a structure that shapes the behavior of its members so that they perform the functions socie...

Sociology - Postmodernism and ReligionOverview of postmodernism - correct answer emerged in the1960s challenged 'modernist' theories that tried to explain society as whole. Postmodernists differ from other social theories because they claim that society has undergone fundamental changes, where as other traditional theories claim that society is simply evolving. - doesn't claim that religion is good or bad but simply seeks to explore some of the characteristics of society today, and hence, re...

Unit 09 PostmodernismIn Postmodernism, what is prime reality--the really real? - correct answer Reality is socially constructed by those in power In Postmodernism, what is the nature of external reality, that is, the world around us? - correct answer Subject to social interpretation by those in power In Postmodernism, what is a human being? - correct answer Creates own meaning/morality by those in power In Postmodernism, what happens to a person at death? - correct answer Cease to exist...

Postmodernism Question and answers already passed 2023/20241. According to Postmodernism, the following affect how we see the world? - correct answer a. Culture b. Language c. Gender According to Postmodernism, truth is what? - correct answer Socially constructed 1. Which Postmodernist philosopher famously pronounced, "God is dead"? - correct answer . Friedrich Nietzsche 1. According to Postmodernism, language functions as what? - correct answer A tool of power and manipulation

Postmodernism Question and answers already passed 2023/2024true - correct answer t/f: a reaction to the evils of modernism true - correct answer t/f: views truth claims as political power plays social construct - correct answer what does postmodernism view truth as? false - correct answer t/f: ultimate knowledge is accessible. false (metanarratives are sus) - correct answer t/f: postmodernism accepts metanarratives as truth after modernism - correct answer what does postmodernism ...

POSTMODERNISM, definition, general featuresPostmodernism: the term - correct answer - like 'modernism' or 'realism', 'postmodernism' can be used a) as a period term, and b) as a term designating a certain trend in literature and other media a) period from the 1960s to around 2000, or, as some say, to the present (i.e. not quite immediately following modernism, since the 1940s and l 950s showed a 'reaction against modernist experimentation' in poetry and fiction; cf. Rabinovitz 1967); th...