While Postmodernists Avoid Metatheoretical Frameworks, the Authors' Believe Lyotard's Orientation

question 43

Multiple Choice

While postmodernists avoid metatheoretical frameworks, the authors' believe Lyotard's orientation to action is profoundly

• A) rationalistic.
• B) collectivistic.
• C) nonrationalistic.
• D) individualistic.

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Definitions:

Cosmopolitanism

A philosophy that considers all humans as part of a single community based on a shared morality, regardless of national or cultural boundaries.

Globalism

The attitude or policy of placing the interests of the entire world above those of individual nations.

McDonaldization

A term used by sociologist George Ritzer to describe the process by which the principles of the fast-food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as of the rest of the world.

Predictability

The ability to foretell future events or behaviors based on patterns or known information.