Sunday, 4 November 2018

Perspectives - Postmodern Definitions Pt 3


(Fig 1: Metanarrative)

Meta-narrative: A narrative about narratives of historical meaning, experience, or knowledge, which offers a society legitimation through the anticipated completion of a master idea.

Essentialism: The view that every entity has a set of attributes that are necessary to its identity and function. 

Utopian: Modelled on or aiming for a state in which everything is perfect; idealistic. An imagined community or society that possesses highly desirable or nearly perfect qualities for its citizens. 

Axiomatic: Self-evident or unquestionable. 

Dystopian: A dystopia is a community or society that is undesirable or frightening. It is translated as "not-good place" and is an antonym of utopia.

Scepticism: a sceptical attitude; doubt as to the truth of something

Relativism: The doctrine that knowledge, truth, and morality exist in relation to culture, society, or historical context, and are not absolute.

Pluralism: a condition or system in which two or more states, groups, principles, sources of authority, etc., coexist.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Final Rendered Film