There is no clear definition of what postmodernism is. However‚ City of Glass is considered to be the by far the text which is most visibly postmodernism. This is precisely because it “offers the kind of narrative that zigzags visibly‚ deliberately missing at all angle the sense of a foundation.” The postmodernist discourse remains central to the understanding of City of Glass. Perhaps the only thing that makes the story alluring is the fact that it is steeped in postmodernist features. Otherwise
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In the postmodern age‚ when no more ‘metanarratives’ are to be believed‚ the glorious heritage of the golden past appears incredulous to the current generation. The current trend of poetry‚ which boasts itself of sceptically questioning the roots and traditions‚ where the motif of ‘emancipation’ is not needed‚ as the worth of human life itself is enquired‚ though is different from our ancient noble trend of poetry‚ yet still it manages to help man by making him search for his new identity; an identity
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so new as well as fresh. His novels are ―tugs at the emotions rather than moralizes serious literary ambitions. He places the facts laughably and mockingly memorizing the readers. His writings have achieved the greatest inheritance of refined postmodernism literature via dismantling the authority of the West. Five Point Someone‚ Chetan Bhagat’s first introductory novel deals with problem of engineering students in India who get into the country’s top university like IIT‚ only to revolt against the
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Apple is a global giant whose success has been built on outsourcing to a range of other organisations located across the world. How can different organisational theory perspectives assist us in acquiring different understandings of Apple‚ its organisational networks and influence? In this essay you must use at least two perspectives to analyse Apple. Success is because of outsourcing. Network and influence meta-therotetical Environmental contingency theory‚ insisutitional theory or stake hodlder
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29. The postmodern Since this book does not attempt to introduce different critical schools or historical periods of literature‚ it may seem inappropriate to include a chapter on the postmodern. In the following pages‚ however‚ we wish to suggest that this topic provides us with an invaluable set of terms for thinking about literary and other cultural texts‚ that to a significant degree it involves ways of thinking which are unavoidable in the twenty-first century. The word ‘postmodern’ itself
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| MMM262 | | UNDERSTANDINGORGANIZATIONSTRIMESTER 2 2012 | [assignment 1 – decision analysis]Ford Australia’s decision to cut 440 Jobs – July 2012 | AUTHOR: | | SHAUN VICTOR PICKERING | | Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 2 PART 1 - Modernist Analysis 3 1.1 Environment 4 1.2 Social Structure 6 1.3 Technology 8 1.4 Culture 9 PART 2 - Symbolic Interpretive Critique 11 2.1 Environment 11 2.2 Social Structure 12 2.3 Technology 13 2.4 Culture 14 PART 3 - Postmodern
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Notes on post-Fordism and postmodernism Post-Fordism and Postmoderism: Capitalism requires a large number of low-skilled workers willing to put up with alienating‚ repetitive work on mass production assembly lines. This system is often called Fordism because the Ford motor company was the first to introduce this. Bowles and Gintis’ correspondence principle states that school mirrors the work place‚ and see the mass education system as preparing pupils to accept this kind of work. Postmodernists argue
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Running Head: ORGANIZATION PERSPECTIVES Organization Perspective OM8010 – Principles of Organization – Theory and Practice Dr. Robin Parry Capella University August 8‚ 2011 Organization Perspective Abstract As organizations experience increase organizational rigidity‚ performance declines can be driven by decrease in innovative change and employee turnover‚ understanding these shifts are critical to the bottom line. A major responsibility for top managers is to interpret
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BookRags Literature Criticism Critical Essay by John Fekete For the online version of BookRags’ Critical Essay by John Fekete Literature Criticism‚ including complete copyright information‚ please visit: http://www.bookrags.com/criticism/cyberpunk_01/ Copyright Information ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale‚ a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved. ©2000-2011 BookRags‚ Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Critical Essay by John Fekete SOURCE: "The Post-Liberal Mind/Body‚ Postmodern
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Evaluate postmodernist explanations of the role and functions of religion in contemporary society. Postmodernist religion can be defined as any type of religion that is influenced‚ interpreted or shaped by postmodernism and postmodern philosophies. Postmodern religion is not an attempt to banish religion from society; rather‚ it is a philosophical approach to religion that considers orthodox assumptions that may reflect power differences in society rather than universal truths. A postmodern interpretation
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