?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Information+Technology+as+an+Agent+of+Post-modernism&rft.creator=Nel%2C+Mr+DF&rft.creator=Kroeze%2C+Prof+JH&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Science&rft.description=Society+is+in+a+tumultuous+state.+Today%E2%80%99s+Western+society+is+characterized+by+disillusionment%2C+doubt%2C+irony%2C+fragmentation+and+plurality.+With+the+failure+of+Modernism+and+the+rise+to+prominence+of+Nihilism%2C+Post-Humanism%2C+Post-Structuralism+and+Individualism%2C+society+has+entered+a+thoroughly+Post-Modern+era.+%0D%0A%0D%0AOver+the+past+couple+of+decades+humanity+has+increasingly+turned+to+Information+Technology+as+the+great+enabler.+Through+the+capabilities+that+Information+Technology+offers%2C+undreamed+heights+of+scientific+and+technological+progress+have+been+reached+in+an+amazingly+short+span+of+time.+However%2C+rather+than+uplifting+and+emancipating+society%2C+the+wholesale+implementation+of+Information+Technology+has+brought+with+it+a+host+of+unintended+and+unforeseen+consequences.+As+with+the+promises+of+Modernism%2C+Information+Technology+has+not+brought+society+the+Utopia+that+it+imagined.+Information+Technology+rather+has+acted+to+create+a+universe+characterized+by+virtuality%2C+constant+change%2C+indeterminacy%2C+and+an+information+orientated+perspective+on+the+world.+Technological+progress+has+not+been+accompanied+by+social+progress.%0D%0A%0D%0AThrough+a+comprehensive+literature+review+and+an+examination+of+both+Post-Modernism+and+Information+Technology%2C+it+is+proposed+that+the+influences+of+Information+Technology+have+acted+and+continued+to+act+to+promote+Post-Modernism.+These+influences+amongst+others+include+its+displacement+of+space+and+time%2C+its+promotion+of+the+Information+Society%2C+its+ability+to+create+digital+hyperrealities%2C+its+destructive+influence+on+tradition+and+culture%2C+and+most+of+all+its+catastrophic%2F+revolutionary+impact+on+the+identity.+Through+these+influences+this+paper+seeks+to+prove+that+Information+Technology+acts+an+agent+of+Post-Modernism.+%0D%0A&rft.date=2008-09-09&rft.type=Preprint&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6207%2F1%2FNel_and_Kroeze_-_IT_as_an_agent_of_post-modernism_080909.pdf&rft.identifier=++Nel%2C+Mr+DF+and+Kroeze%2C+Prof+JH++(2008)+Information+Technology+as+an+Agent+of+Post-modernism.++%5BPreprint%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6207%2F