From Modernism to Post-Modernism

Essay # 56277

Anthropology > Cultural
Philosophy > Religion
Sociology > Theory

Describes the theories of four major thinkers of the modern and post-modern era, including Weber, Durkheim, Victor Turner and Clifford Geertz.

1,486 words () | 5 sources | APA | 2005 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper summarizes the theories of these thinkers on the role of the individual and his/her relationship to the community. In conclusion, the author states that the thinking of Victor Turner is the most accurate and convincing.

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"Two thinkers -- Max Weber and Emile Durkheim -- were late modernist thinkers who developed theories about the relation of the individual to society. Their theories were appropriate to the industrial societies in which they lived. With the end of World War Two and the rise of the post-modern period, however, different ways of conceiving of the individual and society arose that sought to break with modernist thinking, including the thought of Clifford Geertz and Victor Turner."

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From Modernism to Post-Modernism (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-From-Modernism-to-Post-Modernism/56277