Postmodernism Terms
The Enlightenment Project - A historical period dating from the end of the 1700's to the 18th and 19th century . The Enlightenment Project refers to the ideas debated by philosophers and the scientific communities in the educated or enlightened parts of the world, i.e Europe and the United States.
Modernity - A historical period and a collection of socio-cultural norms, attitudes and practices that came together around the times of the Renaissance.
Structuralism - The idea that elements of human culture can be understood by way of their relationship to a broader, overarching system or structure. It works to uncover the structures that underlie all the things that humans do, think, perceive, and feel.
Ahistorical - A lack of concern for history, historical development, or tradition. An example would be a film featuring a T-rex and a prehistoric man, in reality the two were millions of years apart.
Irreducible - Cannot be reduced further.
Objective - Based on real facts and not influenced by personal beliefs or feelings.
Universal - Relating to or done by all people or things in the world or in a particular group.
Definitive - Something that is the most true, accurate and reliable.
Poststructualism - Criticism of Structuralism. Argues that founding knowledge either on pure experience or systematic structures is impossible.
Reflexivity - being able to examine one's own feelings, reactions, and motives and how these influence what one does or thinks in a situation.
'The Unreliable Narrator' - An unreliable narrator is a narrator whose credibility has been seriously compromised.
Metanarrative - The overarching story containing many other stories.
Essentialism - A belief that things have a set of characteristics which make them what they are, and that the task of science and philosophy is their discovery and expression.
Utopian - A world in which everything is perfect, idealistic. Can be considered unachievable.
Axiomatic - Obviously true and therefore not needing to be proved.
Dystopian - As bad as can be; characterised by human misery.
Scepticism - To doubt as to the truth of something, usually Religion.
Relativism - The idea that knowledge, truth, and morality exist in relation to culture, society, or historical context, and are not absolute.
Pluralism - The belief that the existence of different types of people within the same society is a good thing.
'The Canon' - A general law, rule, principle, or criterion by which something is judged.
'DWEMs' - Dead White European Men. The idea that the great philosopher, artists, critics and such are wrong because of their race and gender, and not because of their ideas.
Phallocentricism - The ideology that the male sexual organ is the central element in the organisation of the social world.
Eurocentricism - A worldview bias to and centred on Western Civilisation, specifically Europe.
Postcolonislism - The academic study of the cultural legacy of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the human consequences of the control and exploitation of colonised people and their lands.
Multiculturalism - Something, usually a society, that incorporates ideas, beliefs or people from many different countries and cultural backgrounds.
Feminism - The advocacy of women's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes. Arguably their goals have been achieved, by and large, Women have the same number of rights (if not more when reproductive rights are considered) as Men in this country and across the western world. Closely associated with the SJW (Social Justice Warrior) movement and the political far left active within the western world.
5 Ways in which... is Postmodern
Mullholland Drive:
- It's nonlinear, time jumps around
- It rejects what it means to be a Hollywood movie
- Blends together different styles to the point of uncomfort
- Deals with themes of self-consciousness and false realities, and other postmodern concepts
- Impossible to know what's real and what's a dream or imagined reality
Moulin Rouge
- Non Linear, we start at the end and go back to see what happens in the story
- Takes songs from far in the future relative to the story's setting and fits them into the story.
- The story is a writing about the writing and performance of a play. The film is 3 layers of story, the film we see, the story Christian is writing about his time at the Moulin Rouge, and the play being written and performed.
- Altered sense of time, flashbacks and the speeding up of actions specifically in the opening scenes
- Mixing of genres, musical, drama and comedy. Also the actors are primarily actors and not singers.
Modernity - A historical period and a collection of socio-cultural norms, attitudes and practices that came together around the times of the Renaissance.
Structuralism - The idea that elements of human culture can be understood by way of their relationship to a broader, overarching system or structure. It works to uncover the structures that underlie all the things that humans do, think, perceive, and feel.
Ahistorical - A lack of concern for history, historical development, or tradition. An example would be a film featuring a T-rex and a prehistoric man, in reality the two were millions of years apart.
Irreducible - Cannot be reduced further.
Objective - Based on real facts and not influenced by personal beliefs or feelings.
Universal - Relating to or done by all people or things in the world or in a particular group.
Definitive - Something that is the most true, accurate and reliable.
Poststructualism - Criticism of Structuralism. Argues that founding knowledge either on pure experience or systematic structures is impossible.
Reflexivity - being able to examine one's own feelings, reactions, and motives and how these influence what one does or thinks in a situation.
'The Unreliable Narrator' - An unreliable narrator is a narrator whose credibility has been seriously compromised.
Metanarrative - The overarching story containing many other stories.
Essentialism - A belief that things have a set of characteristics which make them what they are, and that the task of science and philosophy is their discovery and expression.
Utopian - A world in which everything is perfect, idealistic. Can be considered unachievable.
Axiomatic - Obviously true and therefore not needing to be proved.
Dystopian - As bad as can be; characterised by human misery.
Scepticism - To doubt as to the truth of something, usually Religion.
Relativism - The idea that knowledge, truth, and morality exist in relation to culture, society, or historical context, and are not absolute.
Pluralism - The belief that the existence of different types of people within the same society is a good thing.
'The Canon' - A general law, rule, principle, or criterion by which something is judged.
Phallocentricism - The ideology that the male sexual organ is the central element in the organisation of the social world.
Eurocentricism - A worldview bias to and centred on Western Civilisation, specifically Europe.
Postcolonislism - The academic study of the cultural legacy of colonialism and imperialism, focusing on the human consequences of the control and exploitation of colonised people and their lands.
Multiculturalism - Something, usually a society, that incorporates ideas, beliefs or people from many different countries and cultural backgrounds.
Feminism - The advocacy of women's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes. Arguably their goals have been achieved, by and large, Women have the same number of rights (if not more when reproductive rights are considered) as Men in this country and across the western world. Closely associated with the SJW (Social Justice Warrior) movement and the political far left active within the western world.
5 Ways in which... is Postmodern
Mullholland Drive:
- It's nonlinear, time jumps around
- It rejects what it means to be a Hollywood movie
- Blends together different styles to the point of uncomfort
- Deals with themes of self-consciousness and false realities, and other postmodern concepts
- Impossible to know what's real and what's a dream or imagined reality
Moulin Rouge
- Non Linear, we start at the end and go back to see what happens in the story
- Takes songs from far in the future relative to the story's setting and fits them into the story.
- The story is a writing about the writing and performance of a play. The film is 3 layers of story, the film we see, the story Christian is writing about his time at the Moulin Rouge, and the play being written and performed.
- Altered sense of time, flashbacks and the speeding up of actions specifically in the opening scenes
- Mixing of genres, musical, drama and comedy. Also the actors are primarily actors and not singers.
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