The internet as a postmodern pastiche

Type :

Term papers

Pages :

2 pages

Format :

.doc

Published date :

09/23/2009

Category :

Political science

Sub category :

Social sciences

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Summary :

Introduction
Nietzsche's perspectivist philosophy
The accessibility of the internet and its challenges
Importance of the images
The internet as a representation of the postmodern age
Different meanings of post modernism
Conclusion

Abstract

The internet, like postmodernism, is what Berger would call a slippery bar of soap: once you think you've defined it, the definition escapes. It is simultaneously a thing, a place, an idea, a self-sustaining entity, and a tool, existing everywhere and nowhere at the same time and constantly rewriting itself. The internet can best be described as a postmodern pastiche: as Berger defined it, a hodgepodge of random, unrelated ideas and perspectives that combine to be more than the sum of their parts. Though any entity that hosts both goofy flash animations of dancing babies and millions of hours of pornography might seem like a disorganized waste of time, the internet is also a vehicle for anyone to learn nearly any fact they want to find out, instantly and for free.