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This is a natural development, and is part of a general process of change. This process can be seen in historical context, just as the modern world built in and changes the ideas of the period known as the enlightenment, which in turn built in the period known as the renaissance.
In the past there has been the creation of ideas on the way that people should view and interpret the world. The post modernist approach is different, arguing that reality will be subjective. In other words, there is no single correct model reality; it will vary between different people and reality will always be subjective. There are many post modern philosophers that put forward the idea that the universe is not seen in the same way by everyone, these philosophers include Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault and Richard Rorty.
In the past, especially following the enlightenment, it was assumed that knowledge was always good and would lead to progress. The post modernist philosophers see this as to optimistic, and view the world with a greater level of pessimism. Past approaches have put foreword the idea that things are always getting better, post...
It is also argued that a lot of knowledge is subjective.
Star Trek is used as an analogy, to show the way things change and ideas change. The second Star Trek series, the Next generation, is different form the first, the crew themselves are more culturally diverse; the universe itself also appears to be larger and more diverse. Data, the android, is the rational thinker, who is useful, but also seen to have limitations and is only one of the people who help to find solutions to the difficult situations the crew find themselves in.
The main purpose of this text is to demonstrate the ideas of post modernism and the way they build ion and develop the ideas of the modernism, seeing the world as a very complex place, where old ideas may not be accurate; broader views need to be taken and knowledge can be subjective, and more knowledge is not always good.
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Morality as Ideology, Chapter 13, supplied by the student
Star Trek and the Post Modern Society, Chapter 1, supplied by the student
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