Megan Aragon, McKee's Introduction

Ok, wow...this was a struggle to get into the blogger! I am finally here. :)

As I read the introduction of McKee, I didn't find what I was expecting to find as I read the section. I expected McKee to claim his opinion and where he stood between Modernism and Postmodernism. Instead, McKee shared an equal standing to both sides. He also summarized what Modernism and Postmodernism was all about and what the cultures contain of. Before I read this book, I thought I got the idea of what the two cultures were all about. All I understood was the superficial idea of the two cultures. McKee definitely gave us an explanation or/summarization in depth of Modernism and Postmodernism. Here are two examples, explaining in depth of each culture: "Modernity involved a different way of seeing the world, and of seeing the palce of people in it. Thinkers developed 'Enlightenment' values as a guide to prganizing society: all citizens were of equal worth and importance (equality); everyone should be treated fairly (justice); everyone had a right to a basic level of material welfare (comfort)." (McKee, 7). "A postmodern attitude still accepts the importance of basic Enlightment values-equality, freedom, justice, comfort, but takes a 'relativist' rather than a 'transcendental' approach to them." (McKee, 17). I shared these quotes from McKee's introduction because it was the initiator of my opinion towards Modernism, Postmodernism and what McKee had to say about it. I believe that postmodernism is healthy for our society because I think everyone should have a say, at least, for themselves. As people say, we know ourselves best, for the most part. Therefore, we should be able to make our own decisions for ourselves without any one else's values interfering with our values. However, I also think that Modernism should always exist, because it seems to resolve many of our issues whether we like it or not. Such as the laws and supreme court decisions that leads to the final answer of an issue. We need to have a final say for some of our society's issues in order to have acceptance, because people will eventually accept the final say/value or just simply move on. I look forward to reading further into the book to see what else there is to learn about the two cultures. :)