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Revision as of 00:50, 6 July 2007 by 128.163.224.105 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Premodernity is the world in which we live, and the society in which we function, along side "modernity," which is a rebellion against the harsh realities of life and "postmodernity," a creation of artificial human reality to escape premodern and modern society completely. Modernity began in the 19th century as both an embrace and rebellion against the transformation of society from industrialism, which in Europe followed the agricultural revolution of the 18th century and the democratic revolution in overseas colonies and on the continent. After the age of premodernity, in the mid 20th century postmodernists and their sociological counterparts entered a new psychological warfare on medical and technological progress. Modernity changed to further war efforts and conservative politics that were receding due to the use of nuclear and atomic weaponry. Postmodernity also elludes to the destruction of social mobility for the lower classes and was the platform of the Nazi party. Premodern medical rights, capitalism and equality are at odds with modern and postmodern culture due to their attempts to control social heirarchy by qualitative or stereotypical thought, versus numerical reasoning done by premodern society.
Premodern worldview
In the premodern era, truth was derived from knowledge and the maintenance of authority (as well as the belief in a god or gods depending on personal religious preferences). The state of human life is seen as unchanging, and social order was loosely enforced; this is in opposition to the social strata of modern culture where people have very little means to make sense of the world around them aside from the belief in a Holy body and postmodernity society which explains the world in which they live largely through stories .
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