Modernity and postmodernity

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What is modernity?
Period of history characterized by industrialization, urbanization, and social change
What is the aim of modernists views?
To investigate the world scientifically and develop a monopoly of truth
What are the two main modernists views?
Functionalism and Marxism
What does the post-modernists view argue?
That contemporary society is changing due to factors such as globalisation so metanarratives can't be used to answer all of society's questions
What does postmodernists Baudrillard argue?
That postmodernity has lead to hyper-reality via factors such as the media
What is hyper-reality? 
The inability to distinguish between what is and isn't real
What is late-modernism?
Continued view of modernism that has accelerated over time
What does Giddens argue about post-modernity?
We haven't entered postmodernity yet but are living in an extension of modernity

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