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Modernity

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1
Why is modernity so significant to understanding culture today?
It represents a break from what came before
Shows how we are shaped by time and place in which we live
Helps us to understand the development of the smartphone
Both A and B are correct
2
What do we mean when we talk about modernity?
The continuation of past practices
The invention of smartphones
The dark ages
A specific period in history around the 1700s
3
Why is it relevant for us to be thinking about modernity?
To challenge ideas of progress
To understand why we are so advanced
This period produced extensive and long lasting changes
Both A and C
4
What are some of the major changes of modernity?
Aristocratic rule
Smartphones were invented
The rise of industries and factories
People began to seek answers in the church
5
What school of thought challenges the stories of modernity?
Post-modernism
The Renaissance artists
Apple Mac
Socialism
6
What is the name we gave to the big stories or big ideas of modernity?
The ultimate truth
Meta-narratives
Progress
The bible