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The mask is conceived as inflexible, inhibiting participation in positive elements ofpostmodernityas it becomes increasingly difficult to see a youthful self behind it.
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The body is a particular area of concern : the claim that inpostmodernitythe body is infinitely malleable is particularly nefarious for old people.
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Cultural theorists have long regarded the breakdown in cultural hierarchies as one of the distinctive traits ofpostmodernity.
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It is a central, defining feature of life in the industrialized world inpostmodernity.
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Some of it again, an increasing proportion, bears the stigmata ofpostmodernity.
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Such a huge range of topics inevitably affects the focus of the book, particularly as the categories of ' modernity ' and 'postmodernity' are themselves so slippery.
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They are part of the pursuit of a wider concept of wellbeing that draws on the preoccupations of the body inpostmodernity.
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Withinpostmodernity, the presentation of the body as central in the reflexive project of modern identity also raises issues for disability.
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Our fifth example concerns the ways in which the analysis of the role of the body inpostmodernityopens up new subjects for social policy.
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Their real threat is modernity (or, if you prefer,postmodernity).
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This constant reflexive evaluation and building of different social identities that may be adaptive or maladaptive is part of constructing a secure sense of "self" in conditions ofpostmodernity.
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This is important within the context of contemporary discussions about the impact upon rural areas of changes identified within advanced industrial societies linked topostmodernityand risk.
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It would be tempting to apply the notion ofpostmodernityas a replacement; after all, 'popular culture' is frequently defined also in relation to this concept.
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Postmodernityand deconstruction have made the creation of truths an impossible construction.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The termspostmodernityand postmodernism are often hard to distinguish, the former being often the result of the latter.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many philosophers, particularly those seeing themselves as within the modern project, usepostmodernityto imply the presumed results of holding postmodernist ideas.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He is best known for his articulation of postmodernism after the late 1970s and the analysis of the impact ofpostmodernityon the human condition.
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