Postmodernism

• Rejecting other assumptions made from other approaches, what do PM suggest about the structure of society?

  They suggest that we have now moved into a postmodern era, which is characterised by individualism (e.g. personal choice and personal goals) and insecurity (e.g. insecurity about work, identity and relationships)
• What do PM mean when they say society has become fragmented?

  Society has divided and disjointed
• How do PM say society has become fragmented?

  They say that individuals have become less connected to the shared norms and values.
• What ways do PM argue why we now have more choice:

  • Individuals are now seen as the consumer, rather than the producer, of goods
  • Secularisation
  • Changing social attitudes
• PM say that society has lost faith in institutions, how?

  • Media saturation- led to increased knowledge and distrust of knowledge from social institutions
  • Lyotard- rejection of metanarratives (e.g. religion) has led to individuals drawing their own conclusions from multiple sources
  • Growth of 'fake news' and images- Simulacra - means that what we perceive as real may not actually be