modernity vs postmodernity

• modern societies based on nation states and national identity - economy is capitalist and status achieved through individual effort eg. work hard in school and go uni.

  social identity based on work and social class
• modernity - period of enlightenment - desacrilisation period and popper falsification emerged.

  sociological theories developed as part - idea society can progress though science and rationality
• postmodern society characterised by diversity, choice and uncertaincy - truth is relative and society is no longer understood by meta narratives with no value consensus
• postmodernity driving factor is globalisation and manufacturing jobs replaced with service economy due to technological changes - people construct their own identity through consumption and society is fragementated with individual choice - loss of faith in science seen as cause rather than solution
• 1. MODERNITY

  identity based on work and social class - fairly predictable and unchanging formed by social structural factors eg. social class, gender, work

  w/c = manual factory work - low paid

  m/c= professional jobs - high pay
• 1. POSTMODERNITY

  individuals construct their own identities - identity less certain and predictable as its made through consumption with 'pick n mix' multiple identities being able to change whenever - individualism
• 2. MODERNITY

  sociological theories tried to explain society scientifically - positivist structural theories (functionalism,marxism) use same methods as science - quantitive data to see cause and effect relationship
• 2. POSTMODERNITY

  positivists structural theories cant explain PM society as it doesnt consider the whole or fragmentation in PM society - many diffeent groups,interests constantly changing with uncertaincy - no value consensus