Post Modernism is the idea that the distinction between media and reality has collapsed, and we now live in a 'reality' defined by images and representations - a state of simulacrum. Images refer to eachother and represent eachother as reality rather than some 'pure' reality that exists before the image represents it. This is a state of hyper-reality. All ideas of 'the truth' are just competing claims, or discourses and what we believe to be the truth at any point is merely the 'winning' discourse. Examples of what can represent Post Modernism is TV, magazines, etc..
Criticism of postmodernism:
Criticisms of postmodernism are intellectually diverse, including the assertions that postmodernism is meaningless and promotes obscurantism. For example, Noam Chomsky has argued that postmodernism is meaningless because it adds nothing to analytical or empirical knowledge. He asks why postmodernist intellectuals do not respond like people in other fields when asked, "what are the principles of their theories, on what evidence are they based, what do they explain that wasn't already obvious, etc?...If [these requests] can't be met, then I'd suggest recourse to Hume's advice in similar circumstances: 'to the flames'
Other Definitions
- genre of art and literature and especially architecture in reaction against principles and practices of established modernism.
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"The Male Gaze" theory by Laura Mulvey
Laura Mulvey's theory of the Male Gaze claims that cinema and media images conform to the 'norms' of a patriarchal society where men have the active power and women are passively objectified for male pleasures. In these clips we see examples of voyeuristic and fetishistic representation
Presentation on my TV case study: The Simpsons, episode Girls Just Wanna Have Sums
My 1st post modern film: Blade Runner
My 2nd (main) post modern film: Easy A
Post modern portraits (independent research):
Post modern portraits (independent research):
I went to the National Portrait Gallery in London on Sunday and found a few portraits/pieces of art that really stood out to me as post modern, so I thought I'd share them.
Half-term homework about post modernism and 'what's next'
Post modernism and what's next essay -
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