What Makes us Postmodern?

What makes us postmodern? Do we live in a psychological condition of postmodernity? Is postmodernism everywhere? The sociologist Anthony Giddens described living in the modern world as being ‘more like being aboard a careering juggernaut rather than being in a carefully controlled and well-driven motor car.’ Through the work of Zygmunt Bauman and his Postmodernity and its Discontents I look at concepts like control, planning, metanarratives, values, pessimism, schizophrenia, and consumerism. Then & Now is FAN-FUNDED! Support me on Patreon and pledge as little as $1 per video: http://patreon.com/user?u=3517018 Or send me a one-off tip of any amount and help me make more videos: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=JJ76W4CZ2A8J2 Buy on Amazon through this link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/2ykJe6L Follow me on: Facebook: http://fb.me/thethenandnow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thethenandnow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/lewlewwaller Subscribe to the podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/then-now-philosophy-history-politics/id1499254204 https://open.spotify.com/show/1Khac2ih0UYUtuIJEWL47z Sources: Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity Anthony Giddens, Runaway World Dennis Smith, Zygmunt Bauman, Prophet of Postmodernity Zygmunt Bauman, Postmodernity’s Discontents David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity Credits: Anthony Giddens Photo, Szusi, CC BY-SA 3.0 ,http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons Zygmunt Bauman Photo, re:publica from Germany, CC BY 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons