A more academic classic is this: Critical Theory, Poststructuralism, Postmodernism: Their Sociological Relevance Annual Review of Sociology Vol. 17: 105-131 (Volume publication date August 1991) DOI: 10.1146/annurev.so.17.080191.000541 by Ben Agger. I couldn't find it free. It's long and makes the essential difference between post-structuralism and post-modernism, leaning towards those like Habermas who see modernity as unfinished business. The classic book is Jean-Francois Lyotard's 'The Postmodern Condition' - there seem to be some free PDFs about on this. My actual view is its all pisswitter. A paper of mine is athttp://knol.google.com/k/human-rights-are-not-on-firm-ground# - free - written to get to a conference in Istanbul for a week's drinking with my co-author and sort out a factory there (very postmodern). Orn rates it 'drivel' (quite rightly) but it is academic if that's what you're up to.
On Aug 27, 7:32 am, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > Modernity and postmodernity is much blander stuff Pol. I used to use > an article from a journal called Zygon called 'postmodernism: what one > needs to know' with undergrads - I prefer to think about electrons > speeding up in graphene as it approaches absolute zero - an > observation that leads to a reconsideration of the formation of the > universe from a source even smaller than us. > The paper googles up from the title - I found it free > athttp://postmoderndays.blogspot.com/2005/04/postmodernism-what-one-nee... > - but there were other sources. > > On Aug 25, 7:50 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > It is a big thought, pol.science; the universe contemplating itself > > through our consciousness. But bear in mind that what our minds do is > > model and simulate in 4D, what is truly amazing is that we can do this > > at all! > > > On Aug 23, 10:54 pm, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hey there everyone... now i have been given this homework report on > > > analysing modernity and modernism and present contexts and blah... > > > anyways short attention i have... i ended up instead on reading and > > > watching videos of Hichio kaku... if i got the name right, on string > > > theory and 11 dimension universe and parallel universe etc. etc... now > > > after the little bit i understood.... what really occupied my thought > > > was this that... i read in a book.... i think the author was william > > > temple... it was in refrence to the fact that ... it is Us that > > > contemplate the universe... us... as individual agents... not the > > > stars and planets and other materials contemplating us... but us > > > contemplating that.... and in that way i feel so connected to the > > > pulse of everything ... in the sense that... i am from the > > > universe....so this makes the universe contempating itself.. > > > understanding itself..what does that mean ... although this is very > > > unoriginal... but today i felt it in much significance and wanted to > > > know what you guys think.... isnt it wonderful... that we know so > > > little... about anything at all!..... and we sorta fret over our > > > constructed lives... then another thing that i havent stopped thinking > > > about... Gabby once said something about constructed knowledge... what > > > are its implications.... it is after all.... constructed isnt it... > > > our knowledge base..... i dont know how to end the post... ill just > > > type what i feel at the moment... i am hungry...
