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Has postmodernism been a worthwhile movement in social thought or just a passing fad? 'Modernity, on all its sides, may be defined in terms of an aspiration to reveal the essential truth of the world' (Boyne and Rattansi, 1990). '[In postmodernism] philosophical pillars are brought down, the most notable of which are the 'unities' of meaning, theory and the self' (Hassard and Parker, 1993). In my opinion the above quotes neatly summarise the motivational ideas behind modernism and postmodernism as thought processes. However different the inspiration, methodology, and conclusions of classical sociological ideas such as those of Marx, Durkheim and Weber it can be said that their documentation of society into meta-narratives indicates an inherent desire to fully understand the modern world in which they lived (Morrison, 1995). This desire of modernists is summarised in the Boyne and Rattansi (1990) quote; postmodernists on the other hand do not seek to fully understand society with...
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