The term “postmodernism” can literally be translated as “after the modern movement”. This term’s use can be traced back to the 1870’s‚ and was commonly used to describe a change in art‚ music and architecture. It describes a movement from modern thinking and attitudes to a new set of beliefs. Although the actual beginning of the post modern era is unknown‚ it is best believed to have started in the mid – 1900’s. There have been many influences driving the postmodern way of thinking‚ some of the
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and postmodern art‚ literature‚ and music; film; time and memory; space‚ the city‚ and landscape; the sublime; and the relation between aesthetics and politics. -Jean-Francois Lyotard is a French philosopher best known for his ideas about post-modernism. In this essay‚ lyotard strongly doubts the idea of Habermas about the incomplete project of modernity. He disagrees with habermas in his attempt to bridge the gap between cognitive‚ ethical‚ and political discourse and opening a way to a unity of
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“Modernism is a deliberate philosophical and practical estrangement or divergence from the past in the arts and literature occurring especially in the course of the 20th century and taking form in any of various innovative movements and styles‚” (Modernism). The 1920’s was a great example of this because of the radical changes in what was considered normal in previous times. The rapid progress of technology caused many people to flee to the cities. It was there that moral standards were also challenged
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At the beginning of the 20th century‚ Russia was one of the Great Powers of Europe‚ but it was the one socially‚ economically and politically most underdeveloped. Even though the chances to be the strongest were many‚ because of the numerous risorces that it had in its disposal‚ there were too many weaknesses in the system to reach this greatness. At that time Russia was the world’s biggest country‚ covering over eight million square miles and so a quarter of the world’s land surface. Since it
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Chapter 4: A Cyborg Manifesto: Science‚ Technology‚ and Socialist- Feminism in the Late 20th Century* DONNA HARAWAY History of Consciousness Program‚ University of California‚ at Santa Cruz 1. AN IRONIC DREAM OF A COMMON LANGUAGE FOR WOMEN IN THE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT This chapter is an effort to build an ironic political myth faithful to feminism‚ socialism‚ and materialism. Perhaps more faithful as blasphemy is faithful‚ than as reverent worship and identification. Blasphemy has always seemed
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Immigration has had a strong effect on Canada’s historical development‚ from countryside in the early part of the 20th century to the building of Canada’s largest cities. Immigration itself has changed greatly during the 19th and 20th centuries and continues to do so. During the first sixty years of the 20th century‚ the majority of immigrants to Canada came either from Europe or the United States. This has since changed much with entry based on a points system and the introduction of human’s benefit
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Music and its Influence on 20th Century American History With the start of the 20th century music began to play a huge part in the rapidly maturing United States. Music of the 20th century was not only there to entertain the people but it was more. It was now used to influence and manipulate the listeners. Artists had a goal to entertain and to enlighten the listener so that they could get their messages heard. Music is one of the best ways to advertise and to expand ideas‚ and many artists knew
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University of Phoenix Material End of the 20th Century Matrix Choose ten items from the following list and identify their significance during the 1990s and beyond: Earned Income Tax Credit E-mail NAFTA Telecommunications Somalia and Rwanda Internet marketing Kosovo Cell phones Economic prosperity under Clinton Creating a budget surplus The Internet and the World Wide Web The Brady Bill Apple Digital divide Don’t Ask‚ Don’t Tell Microsoft Event Significance
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Heart of Darkness: Modernism and Its Historians Author(s): Robert Wohl Reviewed work(s): Source: The Journal of Modern History‚ Vol. 74‚ No. 3 (September 2002)‚ pp. 573-621 Published by: The University of Chicago Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/345112 . Accessed: 30/09/2012 11:34 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service
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Hemingway Notes Modernism: (and Postmodernism) is an artistic movement in response to the discontinuities‚ illogicalities‚ and fragmentation of culture and society in the present day. It refers to the tendency to experiment in radical new techniques‚ themes‚ moods‚ and structures. Atonalism in music‚ surrealism in painting*‚ vers libre in poetry‚ functionalism in architecture (Frank Lloyd Write) etc. It marks a change in they way we experience the world and how we perceive it. It is an attempt
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