Post Modernism Modernism

Leo Marx, once a professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Harvard graduate, wrote an article titled “Technology The Emergence of a Hazardous Concept”. In this article, the author explores the modern day definition of the word technology and argues that technology offers too broad of a definition and is ill fitting to describe all technical advancements and their creators. Technology can be defined as the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science (dictionary.com). On the other hand, it can

Technologies can be considered as structural constraints. Similar to all structures human beings have created, they can limit or enable human actions. Technology can be defined as the creation, adaptation, usage and comprehension of mostly machines which are known to make life better and assist in solving a problem (Wright, 2008). In addition to that, technology is also used to perform a specific function. The use of technology by human beings can be dated back when they began creating simple tools from natural resources. From using fire to prepare their food which led to the increase of food production to the use of the wheel which aided in moving from one place to another and environmental controlling, human beings are

Literature: the enlightenment, romanticism, realism, modernism, and postmodernism…. Where does one begin? To some, those words can be as scary as the word computer is to others. This essay is designed to help you become a great literary interpreter. Getting the motivation is three fourths of the battle to getting into the heads of the artists. To begin, an outline of some of the literary movements has been provided.

The sixties was an era of radical change. With the Civil Rights movement, Vietnam War, the assassinations of President Kennedy and Martin Luther King, plus the success of the moon landing, people all around the world and especially in the United States were beginning to see a change in the world itself and the minds of the people in it. The sudden ability to receive messages from across oceans and the ability to travel internationally much safer and quicker also changed the way people looked at themselves and their fellow neighbors. The Norton Anthology of World Literature Vol. F explains this:

When people hear the word technology, all they think about is computers, tablets, televisions, phones, or the internet. That is what I thought before taking society and technological change class, and my views changed after learning some information about technology. At first, I only took the course because it was the only class left in order for me to be a full time student. The first day of class was so boring I just wanted to drop out, but as time went on, I started to like the class. According to The Society and Technological Change book, it gives the definition of technology which is “a system created by humans that use knowledge and organization to produce objects and techniques for the attainment of specific goals” (Volti). Technology

The Nature of Technology is engaging and thought provoking. One drawback of the book is that it’s very repetitive, the same ideas are repeated a lot throughout the book. Other than that, his definitions, distinctions, and logical connections introduce a framework for understanding and thinking about technology and its evolution.

Beauty transcends the eye of the beholder because whatever is, “objectively true and noble and right” (Groothuis 256) embodies beauty according to God’s standard. Although postmodernist view aesthetic beauty through the lens of subjectivity God expects Christians to discern beauty through objectivity. In other words, we attribute beauty (moral and aesthetic) to expressions and characters that reflect God’s glory according to his values identified in scripture. Postmodernist views argue, “the meaning of an artwork need not be fixed or even discernible” (246) so the nature of expressions is aimless. While Christian, objective standards for aesthetics, “…esteem art as a medium for truth and beauty…”. In fact, C.S Lewis, Christian author and philosopher,

Technology includes most products that are manufacturer in factories every day. Take iPods for example, they provide the soundtrack to many people’s lives but mainly routines. IPods are a pretty vague subject but the difficulty to narrow and limit

1. Art has evolved over the last century moving from Modernism to Postmodernism. Modernism 's birth is somewhat controversial but our text puts it at 1910. Paul Cezanne, who was closely tied with Cubism, has been credited as one of the fathers of Modernism. A lot was changing during this period which produced a slew of new styles such as, Post Impressionism, Symbolism, and Surrealism to name a few. Modernism thrived from the early 20th century until the period denoted by World War II at which point it fell out of favor. Modernism was characterized by a trust in science/rationalism, celebrating change brought on by the industrial revolution, and a move away from magic and religion. This began to change after World War II when artists began to question how could such a terrible thing could have happened. A new style of art formed which was called Postmodernism, which is believed to have taken hold in the 1980s, where artists rejected science/rationalism, questioned authority, were critical of progress, examined moral codes, and were skeptical. This new style is better thought of as strategy for making art since it appears in many forms using a wide variety of materials and techniques. It has been described as, “creating visually interesting, messy, sometimes contrary, and often political images that mock the rules of Modern art.” (Stokstad & Cothren 2011) They are like modern day djs taking material from multiple sources and combining them in a unique way to

'It quickly emerged that the proper and unique area of competence of each art coincided with all that was unique to the nature of its medium. The task of self-criticism became to eliminate from the effects of each art any and every effect that might conceivably be borrowed from or by the medium of any other art. Thereby each art would be rendered 'pure', and in its 'purify' find the guarantee of its standards of quality as well as of its independence. 'Purity' meant self-definition, and the enterprise of self-criticism in the arts became one of self-definition, with a vengeance.'

Postmodernism is the rejection of universal truth, logic and reasoning. The view that truth is subjective and personally defined creates a world without a meta-narrative or overarching story to give meaning or significance to life. Meta-narratives, or stories that give definition to a culture or nation, are power plays based upon deceit, in which leaders use language to create their own interpretation of truth, for the purpose of domination over others. Human beings, as products of an evolutionary system, are going nowhere, and are incapable of knowing or discovering truth. Individuals can only pragmatically create a personal truth with no greater purpose than a truth that works for them (Hoffecker, 2007).

Post-modernism follows and shares many of the same ideas as modernism. Though, at the same time, they differ in many ways. These distinctions can be seen in the two works of literature, “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller and “Glengarry Glen Ross” by David Mamet.

Modernism is just another word for 20th century. It was a movement which started in the beginning of the 20th century and carried on until about the 1960’s.

Technology has its intention of how people can interact with the world without knowing the reality of the world directly. Many industries that is dealing with technology offer many new product every minute. They provide a satisfaction to human; it is as if that technology can solve anything. World people are trapped in the fabulous of the growth of technology, they are so proud of themselves when they got the new arrival IOS or Android series. Every product offers specific features, and most of them they furnish their product by a high resolution camera and video shot.

The ideas of modernism and post modernism are fundamentally different. Modernism is the belief that human beings can improve their environment, using scientific knowledge, technology and putting all of those things into practice. Modernism is prevalent in the field of arts. The concept of post modernism looks at the ideas behind modernism and questions whether they really exist. (wikipedia)