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Postmodernity and transnational capitalism in Latin America Open
There is a curious-and thoroughly understandable-argmnent that Latin America sets the precedent of postmodemity long before the notion appears in the Euro-North American context. 1 This argmnent is analogous to others that attempt to endow…
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Contemporary Social Theory: An Introduction Open
Preface to Second Edition. 1. The Textures of Society 2. The Contemporary Relevance of the Classics 3. The Frankfurt School 4. Structuralism 5. Post-Structuralism 6. Theories of Structuration 7. Contemporary Critical Theory 8. Feminism and…
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The Condition of Digitality: A Post-Modern Marxism for the Practice of Digital Life Open
"David Harvey’s The Condition of Postmodernity rationalised capitalism’s transformation during an extraordinary year: 1989. It gave theoretical expression to a material and cultural reality that was just then getting properly started – glo…
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Revisiting Postmodernism Open
This interview was conducted with Fredric Jameson on 13 March 2014 in New York City and has been lightly edited for clarity. On the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of “Postmodernism; or, The Cultural Logic of Late …
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The New Pyramid of Needs for the Digital Citizen: A Transition towards Smart Human Cities Open
This article analyzes the cultural transition towards postmodernity or a knowledge society and its impact on the changing needs of cities. This transition is characterized by a growing diversification of the use of technologies in most of …
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Simulacra in the Age of Social Media: Baudrillard as the Prophet of Fake News Open
“Fake News” has been a frequent topic in the last couple of years. The phenomenon has particularly been cited with regards to the election of Donald Trump to the presidency of the United States. The creation of “post truth” reports that ar…
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The Condition of Postmodernity. An Enquiry into the Origins of Cultural Change (an excerpt) Open
Э лектронный журнал «Экономическая социология» издаётся с 2000 г.Учредителями являются Национальный исследовательский университет «Высшая школа экономики» (с 2007 г.) и Вадим Валерьевич Радаев (главный редактор).Цель журнала -утверждать ме…
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Hyperreality and Simulacrum: Jean Baudrillard and European Postmodernism Open
The aim of this paper is to present and explore one of the most fundamental concepts of postmodernity, that is, Jean Baudrillard’s elaboration of the ideas of hyperreality and simulacrum that characterise today’s global consumer culture in…
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Emotions: A Cultural Studies Reader Open
Introduction Part One: Disciplinary Developments I. Culturalist Foundations. Raymond Williams - On Structure of Feeling. Alison M. Jaggar - Love and Knowledge: Emotion in Feminist Epistemology. Lawrence Grossberg - Postmodernity and Affect…
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The Consumer as Citizen: The Role of Ethics for a Sustainable Consumption Open
The paper aims at analyzing the level of knowledge and the perception of the concepts of sustainability and well-being of high school students in Tuscany. It is an explorative study carried out during specific events held in high schools w…
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Tras la postmodernidad Open
If we understand modernity as the construction of a distinction –i.e. subjectivity vs. objectivity– postmodernity can be considered the abolition of that distinction, after the experience of its apories. In this paper the interest points t…
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Hyperreality and Simulacrum: Jean Baudrillard and European Postmodernism Open
The aim of this paper is to present and explore one of the most fundamental concepts of postmodernity, that is, Jean Baudrillard’s elaboration of the ideas of hyperreality and simulacrum that characterise today’s global consumer culture in…
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The Man Problem: Destructive Masculinity in Western Culture Open
In The Man Problem, Ross Honeywill posits that the potential for evil in all men is the social, political, and economic problem of our age. Drawing on the work of social critics and theorists including Zygmunt Bauman, Karl Marx, Hannah Are…
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Beyond Modernity′s Meanings: Engaging the Postmodern in Cultural Anthropology Open
Drawing upon literature in cultural studies, the author argues that the concept of the postmodern challenges the discipline of cultural anthropology in a number of ways. Interpretive anthropology is a modernist enterprise — one with untena…
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Overcoming the Modern Socio-Cultural Crisis – from Postmodern to Post-Postmodern: Theoretical Aspects Open
The purpose of the article is to consider the negative aspects of postmodernism and study how post-post modernity can help humanity overcome the modern socio-cultural crisis. In their research, the authors used various scientific methods o…
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Nation, Self and Citizenship: An Invitation to Philippine Sociology Open
This is a collection of short essays written by Randy David, one of the Philippines’ foremost sociologists. David is also one of its few serious newspaper writers. This is a collection of his articles that have appeared over the last seven…
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The Education and its Deformations in the Contemporary Culture: a Contribution to the Actuality Theodor W. Adorno’s Theory of Half-education Open
In the article are regarded some social and cultural contexts of the development and reception Adorno’s theory of half-education with a spread application of the biographical method, which makes it possible to show the intentionality of th…
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The Historical Past as a Factor of Sociocultural Transformations of Postmodernity Open
The content of the reflexive process over the historical past is substantiated in the article. The character of influence on this process in the conditions of social development in the 21st century is studied. The reasons of eventually acc…
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The social phenomenon of body-modifying in a world of technological change: past, present, future Open
The current level of uncritical adoption in bodymodifying devices, and the propensity for remaking the human body through the aid of technology, is moving society closer to a human-machine fusion. We are at the brink of postmodernity in al…
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Resistensi Tradisi Terhadap Modernitas Open
This paper discussess people understanding on the concept of tradition and modernity, in terms of material and immaterial tradition. This article has been inspired by Michael Rowland's idea on the ‘Inconsistent Temporalities in a Nation St…
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The Meme Radar Open
This article examines the social media practices through which young Hungarians deliberate the workings of truth and the meanings of liberalism under Viktor Orbán’s authoritarian regime. Noting similarities between ubiquitous government pr…
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ECONOMICS OF DEVELOPMENT OR DYING AWAY: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES Open
The purpose of the text is to characterize the range of possibilities of social and informational means in the arsenal of sociocultural impact on transitional economic processes in the unity of external and internal organizational and mana…
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The Polish Mother on the defensive? The transformation of the myth and its impact on the motherhood of Polish women Open
The subject of this presentation is the attempt to defi ne and to present the origins, socio-cultural content and the evolution of The Polish Mother myth, present in the polish national consciousness. The author tries to show how this myth…
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Being up to date : Foucault, Sartre and postmodernity Open
This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author. Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to make a request on their behalf. M…
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Biographical meanings of work: the case of a Polish freelancer Open
The sociological analyses of contemporary society mostly emphasize its liquid and flexible character, which provides new opportunities, but also threats, on both the macro and individual level. The incoherence of the present times could, h…
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Emancipation in postmodernity : political thought in Japanese science fiction animation Open
\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tAnimation has long been overlooked as source for political thought. The aim of this thesis is to rectify this, and it will do so in two ways. First, it makes a theoretical and empirical case for anim…
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Religion as Self-Transcendence. A Simmelian Framework for Authenticity Open
Georg Simmel’s writings on religion have too often been overlooked, notwithstanding his undisputed status as one of the founders of sociology. Simmel’s metaphysical inclination may give the impression that his thoughts on religion are clos…
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Identity of Kaliningraders: influence of Social Beliefs on the Choice of Self-Identification Open
— Research into the identity of residents of Kaliningrad Oblast is characterized by a combination of close attention to the ideologically significant factors of its formation and its deficit in personal belief and mindset issues. At best, …
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Trends in the Development of Social Work: Postmodern Ideas and Prospects Open
The main tendencies of social work from the standpoint of postmodernist theory are considered in this article. It is determined that postmodernism is characterized by: the production of a cult of individual independence, a philosophical vi…
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Komposisi Karawitan dalam Perspektif Estetika Posmodern Open
Purpose: This article examines some works of musical composition which are dissected by the aesthetic approach of postmodernism. Research methods: The method used is a qualitative method by collecting data through observation, literature r…