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Postmodernism was especially prolific in this respect, constructing a multitude of new words and vastly extending the meaning of the old ones
Despite the visible technical achievements, modernity becomes associated with simplification and degradation
Many researchers believe that modern culture exists in a state of internal conflict engendered by the contradictions within the Western civilization
Summary
Facets of Culture in the Age of Social Transition ‘end of history’ (F.Fukuyama), ‘age of homelesness’, ‘age of emptiness’ (G.Lipovetsky), ‘dissolution of man’ (M.Foucault). It seems that our present does not create any positive connotations. Many researchers believe that modern culture exists in a state of internal conflict engendered by the contradictions within the Western civilization. Crisis states of Western civilization are determined by the collapse of its main ideals These ideals are a set of myths: a myth of the power over the universe, a myth of the progress, a myth of the possibility to achieve happiness in our earthly existence. Western civilization loses its ideas of sociocultural reality as something simple and transparent, something governed by yet unknown, but potentially simple principles
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