Modernism Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Bible - PostmodernismCan you summarize the postmodern worldview in a few words (5) - correct answer -a reaction to the evils of modernism -views truth claims as political power plays -views truth is a social construct -ultimate knowledge is inaccessible -suspicious of metanarratives If "Postmodernism" means "after modernism" what is modernism - correct answer modernism is characterized by a strong belief in human reason, empiricism, science, and technological progress, as well as ske...

Postmodernism Test Premodern- - correct answer > to 1600 AD Revelation is the foundation Modern- - correct answer 1600 to 1960 AD Science comes to forefront Postmodern- - correct answer 1960 to ? Experience is most important John Stonestreet speaks of the Wexner Center of Performing Arts, the first postmodern building. On which University campus is this building located? - correct answer The Ohio State The "Godfather" of the postmodernists, who proclaimed in the Parable of the ...

Post-Modernismwhat are the subjects of many post-modernism novels - correct answer anti-war and anti-government feelings stemming from WW2, the Korean War, and the Cold War Many of the changes in the world following WW2 (sometimes horrific) led to what in literature - correct answer the proud assertion and passionate exploration of personal, ethnic, and racial identity differences between modernism and post-modernism - correct answer -modernism is influenced by Marxism and Freud's studies...

Chapter 7 World Views PostmodernismPostmodernism? - correct answer Skeptical worldview founded as a reaction to modernism Postmodernism is a reaction to what? - correct answer Evils of modernism Postmodernism believes that truth claims are what? - correct answer Power claims What is social construct? - correct answer Truth is a collection of artifacts Postmodernism means what? - correct answer After modernism Time period of modernism? - correct answer What 4 key things does mo...

Post-Modernism VocabularyModernism - correct answer The Modernist period is defined as the period during and after World War I, during which a perceptual void existed in human society and in order to fill this gap, literary greats such as Picasso began to use art, literature, and music as a manner in which to fill this void and draw attention away from the destruction. Postmodernism - correct answer The Post-Modernist period is defined as the period after WWII, directly after the modernist pe...

ENGLISH IV MODERNISM TEST 2024 WITH ANSWERS

Sociology - Postmodernism and ReligionOverview of postmodernism - correct answer emerged in the1960s challenged 'modernist' theories that tried to explain society as whole. Postmodernists differ from other social theories because they claim that society has undergone fundamental changes, where as other traditional theories claim that society is simply evolving. - doesn't claim that religion is good or bad but simply seeks to explore some of the characteristics of society today, and hence, re...

Postmodernism Features of modern society? - correct answer 1) The Nation State 2) Capitalism 3) Rationality, science and technology 4) Tradition, custom and ascribed status become less important as the basis for our actions. What are modernist theories a part of? - correct answer Modernist theories are part of the enlightenment project - the idea that society can progress through the use of human reason. When did modern society first emerge? - correct answer Late 18th century. Capit...

Postmodernism Test Guide 2023 Solved

Post Modernism in Music Question and answers already passed 2023/2024 Characterize the idea of post-modernism. - correct answer This period of music comes after Modernism, basically post WWII so after 1945. It is the philosophical idea that spreads throughout music and art which entails the deconstruction of the categories that were set up before WWII. It is also the idea of dealing with common knowledge, common sense, specifically questioning what we know from the past, questioning the Enlight...