Michelle420
Diamond Member
Are we in the era of a Trans-Modern World? I have been reading about post-modernism and social theories and came across this blog about Trans-Modern theory for our current times. I thought it was interesting so I am sharing it.
1. The emerging Transmodern or Integral Culture is summarized by Paul H. Ray as follows:
[1] Ecological sustainability, beyond environmentalism
[2] Globalism: Two of the top values for Cultural Creatives are xenophilism (love of travel to foreign places, of foreigners and the exotic)
[3] Feminism, women's issues, relationships, family
[4] Altruism, self-actualization, alternative health care, spirituality and spiritual psychology
[5] Well-developed social conscience and social optimism
Transnational organizations, ranging from the World Bank to multinational corporations, from NGOs to the Mafia…
- Transnational problems, including the monetary crisis, climate change, drugs, AIDS, ethnic conflicts, etc.
- Transnational occurrences, among them wars, sports contests, mass culture events, solidarity marches, etc.
- Transnational communities based on religion, generation-specific lifestyles, environmental action, racial identities, etc.
- Transnational structures as they relate to work, culture, finance, etc.
National- Postnational -Transnational
Imperialism- Postcolonialism Transethnic- Cosmopolitanism
Hierarchy -Anarchy -Integrated Chaos
Culture- Multiculture- Transculture
Territory- Extraterritoriality -Transborder Ubiquity
City- Suburbia -Megalopolis
Race/Class Individual ChatMasculine -Feminine- Transsexual
High Culture -Mass Culture -Customized Mass Culture
Vanguard -Postvanguard -Transvanguard
Activity -Exhaustion- Static Connectivity
Public- Private -Obscenity of Intimacy
Effort- Hedonism -Joint Individualism
Spirit- Body- Cyborg
Transmodernity
1. The emerging Transmodern or Integral Culture is summarized by Paul H. Ray as follows:
[1] Ecological sustainability, beyond environmentalism
[2] Globalism: Two of the top values for Cultural Creatives are xenophilism (love of travel to foreign places, of foreigners and the exotic)
[3] Feminism, women's issues, relationships, family
[4] Altruism, self-actualization, alternative health care, spirituality and spiritual psychology
[5] Well-developed social conscience and social optimism
Transnational organizations, ranging from the World Bank to multinational corporations, from NGOs to the Mafia…
- Transnational problems, including the monetary crisis, climate change, drugs, AIDS, ethnic conflicts, etc.
- Transnational occurrences, among them wars, sports contests, mass culture events, solidarity marches, etc.
- Transnational communities based on religion, generation-specific lifestyles, environmental action, racial identities, etc.
- Transnational structures as they relate to work, culture, finance, etc.
National- Postnational -Transnational
Imperialism- Postcolonialism Transethnic- Cosmopolitanism
Hierarchy -Anarchy -Integrated Chaos
Culture- Multiculture- Transculture
Territory- Extraterritoriality -Transborder Ubiquity
City- Suburbia -Megalopolis
Race/Class Individual ChatMasculine -Feminine- Transsexual
High Culture -Mass Culture -Customized Mass Culture
Vanguard -Postvanguard -Transvanguard
Activity -Exhaustion- Static Connectivity
Public- Private -Obscenity of Intimacy
Effort- Hedonism -Joint Individualism
Spirit- Body- Cyborg
Transmodernity