post-modernisation
well, something for you yougotpenged (lol) readers to ponder about: post-modernisation, the reigning philosophy in today's modern society, which we definitely represent, except for seetow, who represents the modern animal society.
basically, post-modernisation is an ecletic construct, and can be divided into three different dimensions:
1st dimension: historical periodisation
the first era of modernisation was of course, pre-modernisation, the medieval times where everyone believed in tradition, witchcraft etc.
then there was modernisation, or still is, in fact, which is the belief in science and reason.
then there is post-modernisation. as many of us know, 'post' refers to 'after', like post-WWII, post-CT activites, postman...
but what does post-modernisation mean?
simply, the absence of tradition. post-modernisation, basically, is anti-modernisation and anti-reason.
2nd dimension: philosophy
alright, imagine this scenario: a philosophy teacher puts his class through a test. the question? prove that the chair that they are sitting on does not exist. so the students were furiously writing and copying, filling up paper after paper - except for one. he scribbled no more than two words on his sheet, handed it up, and left after less than a minute.
once the results were out, the rest of the class gathered around him to find out his score, and to their surprise - he got an A! so they were obviously all gob-smacked and they asked him what he had written. grinning, he showed his answer to them:
What chair?
basically post-modernisation is the philosophy of the matrix, that there is no real world, and everything that we are living in is just a dream, and that there is another reality which we have yet to discover. of course, there are obvious flaws in this reasoning.
as one philosopher said about post-modernisation, if you think you're a man dreaming that you are a butterfly, what makes you think that you're not a butterfly dreaming that you are a man?
the post-modern answer to life is that there is no life. everything is false, and nothing can be trusted.
but often, as said by C.S. Lewis (yes the dude who wrote the chronicles of narnia), when we believe in nothing, we may end up believing in anything.
3rd dimension: a pulse or mood
post-modernisation is a re-interpretation according to the way that we want to see things. there is no narrative or arching belief system, and everything is up to the prespective of the individual. that is why lit sucks so much, cos we have to give meaning to the text. everyone is correct unless proven wrong.
much like the situation in court, where the person on trial is innocent until proven guilty.
SO, do YOU want to be a believer in post-modernisation?
basically, post-modernisation is an ecletic construct, and can be divided into three different dimensions:
1st dimension: historical periodisation
the first era of modernisation was of course, pre-modernisation, the medieval times where everyone believed in tradition, witchcraft etc.
then there was modernisation, or still is, in fact, which is the belief in science and reason.
then there is post-modernisation. as many of us know, 'post' refers to 'after', like post-WWII, post-CT activites, postman...
but what does post-modernisation mean?
simply, the absence of tradition. post-modernisation, basically, is anti-modernisation and anti-reason.
2nd dimension: philosophy
alright, imagine this scenario: a philosophy teacher puts his class through a test. the question? prove that the chair that they are sitting on does not exist. so the students were furiously writing and copying, filling up paper after paper - except for one. he scribbled no more than two words on his sheet, handed it up, and left after less than a minute.
once the results were out, the rest of the class gathered around him to find out his score, and to their surprise - he got an A! so they were obviously all gob-smacked and they asked him what he had written. grinning, he showed his answer to them:
What chair?
basically post-modernisation is the philosophy of the matrix, that there is no real world, and everything that we are living in is just a dream, and that there is another reality which we have yet to discover. of course, there are obvious flaws in this reasoning.
as one philosopher said about post-modernisation, if you think you're a man dreaming that you are a butterfly, what makes you think that you're not a butterfly dreaming that you are a man?
the post-modern answer to life is that there is no life. everything is false, and nothing can be trusted.
but often, as said by C.S. Lewis (yes the dude who wrote the chronicles of narnia), when we believe in nothing, we may end up believing in anything.
3rd dimension: a pulse or mood
post-modernisation is a re-interpretation according to the way that we want to see things. there is no narrative or arching belief system, and everything is up to the prespective of the individual. that is why lit sucks so much, cos we have to give meaning to the text. everyone is correct unless proven wrong.
much like the situation in court, where the person on trial is innocent until proven guilty.
SO, do YOU want to be a believer in post-modernisation?