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Is The Enlightenment and Modernism similar or the same thing?
Relating to an art philosophy class- Modern vs. Postmodern architecture/art Is the Enlightenment and Modernism the same thing as in tied to systematic science, not accommodating a large variety of people (diversity)? -Universal knowledge- buying into things? Vs. Post-Modern which acknowledges and respects diversity, no metaphysical explanations- realism of limitation- distrust in systematic science, etc. Thanks!
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- No. But first, a digression: Diplomatically put, the "texture" and language of your understanding is profoundly distorted, no doubt by liberal professors who're seeking more to indoctrinate rather than educate... Modernism rejected the lingering certainty of Enlightenment thinking and also rejected the existence of a compassionate, all-powerful Creator God[8][9] in favor of the abstract, unconventional, largely uncertain ethic brought on by modernity, initiated around the turn of century by rapidly changing technology and further catalyzed by the horrific consequences of World War I on the cultural psyche of artists.[10] In general, the term modernism encompasses the activities and output of those who felt the "traditional" forms of art, architecture, literature, religious faith, social organization and daily life were becoming outdated in the new economic, social, and political conditions of an emerging fully industrialized world. The poet Ezra Pound's 1934 injunction to "Make it new!" was paradigmatic of the movement's approach towards the obsolete. Another paradigmatic exhortation was articulated by philosopher and composer Theodor Adorno, who, in the 1940s, challenged conventional surface coherence and appearance of harmony typical of the rationality of Enlightenment thinking.[11] A salient characteristic of modernism is self-consciousness. This self-consciousness often led to experiments with form and work that draws attention to the processes and materials used (and to the further tendency of abstraction).[12] Post Modernism is a folly, a luxury made possible by the enlightenment. More later...
