miss could you please tell me if this sounds ok/is correct? Outline and explain two ways society can be seen to have entered a post-modern age One way in which society can be seen to have moved into a postmodern age is through the process of globalisation causing mass change in society, particularly in the education and economy sectors. Globalisation is the growing interconnectedness of nations into a global village. This has meant that parts of society such as schools are now being compared on a global league table through PISA rankings, rather than just in the national leagues. Furthermore, globalisation has meant that we have moved from a fordist economy that was rife with manufacturing industries to a Post-Fordist economy that requires more specialist skills, such as IT skills, for individuals to compete in a global market. This demonstrates how the process of globalisation has led to massive changes in different parts of society, showing how we have entered a postmodern age. Another way in which society can be seen to have moved into a postmodern age is through the fact that there has been an increase in choice/diversity and a decline in metanarratives. Post-modernists suggest that the meta-narratives of structural theories such as Marxism and Functionalism are no longer relevant, as individuals now have more choice and free will over their lives in the modern era. This can be seen in the greater diversity of family life-s such as an increase in divorce rates, same-sex couples, and a fluidity in gender identities. Postmodernists Beck and Giddens argue that the decline in the nuclear family is due to the rise of individualisation- which has meant that people are more likely to prioritise their own happiness and fulfilment over set social standards. This has meant that the range of family types in a post-modern era is broad and diverse, people have the opportunity to cohabit or even, according to ‘personal life perspective theorists’, construct their own familial units from friends, colleagues and pets. This greater diversity would act as a sign that society has moved into a post-modern era.
Hi! Could you perhaps do like a prediction sort of video or something that tells us what has never come up on the a level papers? Your videos are so helpful. So thankyou :)
Hi Scarlet. I can share patterns (that are freely available) of what has been in the past,. Would that be useful for you? I can put something together! That is a great shout!
It depends in what context? A major philosopher would be Emmanuel Kant. However, the main sociologist thinkers that we would associate with modern society would be Durkheim or Marx.
@@TheTEACHERSOCIOLOGY yes i was thinking of Kant too. Probably im confused a little bit of how are enlightenment and modernism related? Is it because modernism happens because of the enlightenment?
@@ginmartha4621 Yes, you would suggest the key ideas of a modern society is the enlightenment period. It was the age of rationality and reason, science becomes the dominant ways of thinking about the world.
miss could you please tell me if this sounds ok/is correct?
Outline and explain two ways society can be seen to have entered a post-modern age
One way in which society can be seen to have moved into a postmodern age is through the process of globalisation causing mass change in society, particularly in the education and economy sectors. Globalisation is the growing interconnectedness of nations into a global village. This has meant that parts of society such as schools are now being compared on a global league table through PISA rankings, rather than just in the national leagues. Furthermore, globalisation has meant that we have moved from a fordist economy that was rife with manufacturing industries to a Post-Fordist economy that requires more specialist skills, such as IT skills, for individuals to compete in a global market. This demonstrates how the process of globalisation has led to massive changes in different parts of society, showing how we have entered a postmodern age.
Another way in which society can be seen to have moved into a postmodern age is through the fact that there has been an increase in choice/diversity and a decline in metanarratives. Post-modernists suggest that the meta-narratives of structural theories such as Marxism and Functionalism are no longer relevant, as individuals now have more choice and free will over their lives in the modern era. This can be seen in the greater diversity of family life-s such as an increase in divorce rates, same-sex couples, and a fluidity in gender identities. Postmodernists Beck and Giddens argue that the decline in the nuclear family is due to the rise of individualisation- which has meant that people are more likely to prioritise their own happiness and fulfilment over set social standards. This has meant that the range of family types in a post-modern era is broad and diverse, people have the opportunity to cohabit or even, according to ‘personal life perspective theorists’, construct their own familial units from friends, colleagues and pets. This greater diversity would act as a sign that society has moved into a post-modern era.
Hi! Could you perhaps do like a prediction sort of video or something that tells us what has never come up on the a level papers? Your videos are so helpful. So thankyou :)
Hi Scarlet. I can share patterns (that are freely available) of what has been in the past,. Would that be useful for you? I can put something together! That is a great shout!
That would be great :)
Well explained understood well great!!!!
Thank you so much for the explanation! Very helpful.
:-) Thank you for the feedback! Glad that you found it useful!
These videos are great. Have you done anything on Black culture, racism for example the Black Atlantic and Gilroy etc?
Thank you for the comment. I haven't - Are you thinking something along the lines of ' difference between Left Realism and Right realism?
@@TheTEACHERSOCIOLOGY I wasn't but I am now intrigued to find out more, have you a link to anything that I can look at. Good luck with all your doing.
That was really helpful, thanks!
Thank you so much for your comment! :-)
im actually confused between modern, modernity, and modernism. Could you explain please? thankyou
HI! Thank you for your message. They are referring to the same period of time. Modern OR Modernity is characterised by the industrial revolution.
@@TheTEACHERSOCIOLOGY i see. So it's the same as well with modernism? Who do you think are the philosophers of modernism?
It depends in what context? A major philosopher would be Emmanuel Kant. However, the main sociologist thinkers that we would associate with modern society would be Durkheim or Marx.
@@TheTEACHERSOCIOLOGY yes i was thinking of Kant too. Probably im confused a little bit of how are enlightenment and modernism related? Is it because modernism happens because of the enlightenment?
@@ginmartha4621 Yes, you would suggest the key ideas of a modern society is the enlightenment period. It was the age of rationality and reason, science becomes the dominant ways of thinking about the world.
Thanks
You are very welcome! I am glad that you have found it useful. Kate