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1. Ravi Zacharias: What does the term “postmodernism” actually mean? Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19ipEtmet 2. Ravi Zacharias: Ravi Zacharias Debriefing on PostmodernismVideo: Video: http://youtu.be/nlwFL3mYK18 What are your initial thoughts on these short lectures? When comparing this lecture with the book, what might Dr. Zacharias say about the "tribal" reality of our time?
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Travis B
4/8/2018 08:46:26 pm
What are your initial thoughts on these short lectures? When comparing this lecture with the
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Hibiki T
4/11/2018 05:46:24 pm
When I was watching these videos, I was also confused. Also, I agree with your opinion. I think that to define postmodernism clearly is difficult for us.
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Travis B
4/11/2018 07:04:11 pm
For sure, postmodernism as a worldview is a weird concept for me
Lenae F.
4/13/2018 09:18:51 am
I like how you brought in the tribal fact into the conversation.
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Lenae F.
4/10/2018 08:49:41 pm
What does postmodern mean?
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Lenae F.
4/10/2018 08:58:54 pm
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Travis B
4/11/2018 07:03:16 pm
I liked that he summed up postmodernism in three phrases because I honestly couldn't find a straight answer in the book. This one was more relative so I guess it was harder to understand.
Lenae F.
4/13/2018 09:14:55 am
Thank you. I would totally agree with you
Mario R
4/10/2018 09:29:15 pm
I think that Dr. Zacharias has plenty of valid points about what Postmodernism is. I think that Postmodernism is just trying to eliminate God out of the picture by implying that we need to find our inner self. A good example of this is what Dr. Zacharias says about the Bible in the book of Genesis. Our fall or sin is what makes us doubt about our savior. As when it comes to a similarity about tribalism I think that they give different examples but with the same meaning. In the video “Postmodernism: is it a new idea?” (Ravi Zacharias International Ministries, 2008 Feb.7). He says that CNN was asking questions about meaning and moral and that the conclusion is that everyone says that we all create those things, truth of meaning for every person is completely different. Same as the author Wilkens says that “Jean-Francois Lyotard who said “I define postmodernism as incredulity towards metanarratives””(2009,p.145). I think that with this statement the author was implying that postmodernism tries to eliminate any trace of truth learned from others or history and make up our own, just like our own meaning in words or morality.
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Corbin R.
4/11/2018 05:44:42 pm
Why do you think they are trying to eliminate God?
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Aydan R.
4/10/2018 10:13:04 pm
My initial thought is that post modernism is a hard idea to define, because in the first video, he discusses the timeline that postmodern thinking began (2016), however in the second video he says that post modern thinking has been around since Genesis (2009).
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Facundo L
4/10/2018 10:18:09 pm
What are your initial thoughts on these short lectures? When comparing this lecture with the
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Ismael V
4/10/2018 10:18:41 pm
Postmodernism presents multiple, often contradictory interpretations. This approach leaves 'meaning' open for everyone to conduct their own analysis and construct their own 'meaning'. The powerful elites may attempt ownership of a particular reading and even campaign that theirs is the correct and/or only true version, but the nature of Postmodernism negates such a claim. Zacharias defines postmodernism as:
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Vestiney Cooke
4/10/2018 10:22:48 pm
What is postmodernism mean?
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Jonathan Roder
4/10/2018 10:58:15 pm
I feel as though post-modernism kind of functions as a sort of escape mechanism to not address real world issues. Within post-modernism, there is no need to admit fault, guilt, or wrongdoing on any party. It is chaotic but it can be easy.
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Hibiki T
4/10/2018 11:06:10 pm
What are your initial thoughts on these short lectures? When comparing this lecture with the book, what might Dr. Zacharias say about the "tribal" reality of our time?
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Corbin R.
4/11/2018 12:11:41 am
What does postmodernism mean?
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Altavia. H
4/11/2018 12:14:43 am
Postmodernism is a worldview base on self.It places one's perception over reality.According to Dr. Ravi Zacharias (YouTube video, 2016), postmodernism is the refusal of history and truth of the past to create a world where they can fit into anything their belief has value. This illustrates that postmodernism is mainly focused on ones' perception rather than the authenticity of it all. Dr. Ravi Zacharias mentions that there are no truths, no meaning, no certainty.Therefore nothing is absolute and there are no boundaries which create an illusion that they have Jurisdiction over reality
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Karina F
4/12/2018 07:34:55 pm
what do you think he means by there is no truth, no meaning, or no certainty?
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Landon S
4/11/2018 07:09:50 am
Postmodernism presents multiple, often contradictory interpretations. Since postmodernism presents so many different definitions, it really depends on the person to interpret it in their own way and then they can create their own definition based off of their opinion.
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Lea D
4/11/2018 08:09:02 am
What are your initial thoughts on these short lectures? When comparing this lecture with the book, what might Dr. Zacharias say about the "tribal" reality of our time?
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jaicee
4/12/2018 07:33:53 pm
What is your personal opinion of postmodernism?
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Chloe M.
4/11/2018 08:14:42 am
Postmodernism was said to be the condition of the fallen man. That makes complete sense when looking in the book of Genesis when the serpent questions God and tries to make his own reality. I really like how the interviewee put postmodernism into such plain terms so that everyone could understand it. In the second video the speaker compared a postmodernist to a deconstructionist. The video talks more about culture and if we as a community try to make our own meaning for our words or if we abide by what society has already said they mean. I think he made a good point but words already have meaning and you cannot change that even if you think you're above other people or have the right to. He brought up Aristotle and Alexander the Great, saying that postmodernism was always present due to a want to make his own reality. Dr. Zacharias might say that "tribal" reality is negative due to the reinterpretation of reality corrupting the minds of the fallen.
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Madyson R
4/11/2018 08:42:08 am
I thought these short lectures were very confusing but helpful at the same time. Postmodern tribuism means the conditions of the falling man. The book said “there are very different meaning to different people.
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Katelynn M.
4/11/2018 09:03:45 am
While watching this videos I was kind of confused on the actual meaning of postmodernism. I feel like postmodernism is challenging to understand the actual definition. In the first video, it says “Postmodernism has 3 main points. 1. no truth. 2. no meaning. and 3. no certainty.” In the Wilkens book on page 141, it says “The first and most obvious is a belief that identity is anchored in ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or some other element.” I am confused on how hay works if the video is saying that there is no truth. How do they believe in this if they don’t actually know what is really true? In the second video that we were to watch it said “We make up our own meaning to the words we are speaking.” With that being said, I feel like Dr. Zacharias would say that our Tribal reality is what we are going to make it be. I feel like he understands this very well, and is saying that we make the choices ourselves and we make what we believe is true and show our beliefs that way.
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Jaicee S
4/11/2018 09:03:50 am
I believe that postmodernism is this idea that we can change the ways of the world so that we can fit in no matter where we are. I think this worldview is believed by people who are afraid to be different, but the truth is, everyone is different. There are no two people the same. As stated in the book, “it has vastly different meanings to different people” (Wilkens & Sanford, 2009, p 144).
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Matt Taylor
4/11/2018 09:09:28 am
Learning about postmodern tribalism was pretty interesting to me. It can be best described as having different interpretations. The individual focusses more on their own problems versus the outside interactions. It can be defined differently to different people.“it has vastly different meanings to different people” (Wilkens & Sanford, 2009, p 144). The video talks about how different words mean different things and i agrree with that and that a wird can change overtime and accumulate new meanings.
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Ethan j
4/11/2018 09:11:48 am
postmodernism is really trying to do something the way you want it to be done but it can only be done by you, and nobody else. i like how Zacharias said that tribalism was finding a way to do something like find hope or get through a tough time when you are facing despair because you mostly have to rely on yourself to take action to solve these problems
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Karina F
4/11/2018 09:13:51 am
What are your initial thoughts on these short lectures? When comparing this lecture with the
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Jessica A.
4/11/2018 09:34:40 am
After watching both videos about Post Modern Tribalism and reading from Hidden WorldViews by Steve Wilken’s, I have learned that Post Modernism is very opinion based. Post modernism focuses on finding ones inner self and not really following a God. Wilken’s states that “postmodernism focuses on the role of social status in our interpretations of what counts as real, good and true” (pg 146). This text from the book agrees from what was said in the video.
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Lea D
4/12/2018 05:32:09 pm
I really like how your quote defines what post modernism is
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Katelynn M.
4/12/2018 07:37:57 pm
What i s your personal belief on Postmodernism?
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David Taylor
4/11/2018 08:40:50 pm
What are your initial thoughts on these short lectures? When comparing this lecture with the
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