Modern

Pre Modern Modern Post Modern

The pre-modern era was one in which religion was the
primary source for truth and reality. God’s existence and
revelation from God were widely accepted in the pre-
modern world.

In the modern era, science became the predominate

source of truth and reality. Religion (and the morality
based on it) were arbitrarily demoted to a subjective
realm
Postmodern is a word used to describe
changes in way people think — especially
the way they view truth and reality
there is no specific defining source for truth
and reality beyond individual preference.
Post-Modernity refers to the view that the institutions
and ways of living characteristic of Modernity have
been replaced to such a profound extent that our
society is fundamentally different to the ‘modern’
society. In contrast Post-modernism is a term that refers
to new ways of thinking about thought. Post-
modernists believe that knowledge itself needs to be
understood in a different way to modernist’s
sociologists such as Functionalists and Marxists. It
follows that not all theorists of post-modernity are post-
modernists.
1. Globalization
2. The Media
3. A world in Fragments (due to Dynamism: rapid
social change)
4. Consumer society: Individual freedom to
choose one’s lifestyle
5. Cultural diversity and hybridity
A simple definition of Globalization is the
increasing connectedness between societies
across the globe. Globalization means there
are more flows of information and ideas,
money, and people moving across national
boundaries.
The post-modern era has witnessed a huge expansion
in media technology. The rise of digital media,
especially the internet, has lead to a massive and
unprecedented increase in the number of people
using the media; a huge increase I the diversity of
media products both factual and fictional; an
increase in the number of people creating their own
music, videos, profile sites and uploading them for
public consumption, greater interactivity, more
flexibility. All of this results in much more complex
patterns of media usage, more picking and mixing.
In post-modern society, the pace of change is
much more rapid than in modern society. Post-
modern society is thus more dynamic, more fluid if
you like. The post-modern society doesn’t sit still, it
is like a fidgeting child, and as a result, it lacks any
coherent, stable social structure. This can be
evidenced in the following areas:

1. Work
2. Fashion and Music
3. The breakdown of local communities
Post modernists argue that we live in a ’Pick
and mix’ society. Individuals today are free to
pick their lifestyle and life course from a wider
range of options than ever before, just as if they
were picking and choosing products in a super
market! Importantly, post modernists argue
that individuals are much less shaped by their
class, gender and ethnic backgrounds today.
The ever increasing pace of globalization has
lead to an increase in cultural diversity and
‘hybridity’, which refers to the mixing of different
cultural traditions. If we compare society today
to that of 100 or even 50 years ago we see a
bewildering increase in the diversity of social
and cultural forms. Some include;

1. Goods and services

2. Fashion and Music
 What we discussed
1. Categorization of Modern
* Pre-Modern
* Modern
* Post-Modern
1. What it mean by Pre-Modern, Modern, Post-Modern
2. What is Post-Modern society
3. Characteristics of Post-Modern society
* Globalization
* The Media
* A world in Fragments (due to Dynamism: rapid social change)
* Consumer society: Individual freedom to choose one’s lifestyle
* Cultural diversity and hybridity