The postmodern culture

This semester I enjoyed the subject: postmodern culture. The postmodern culture is the name that a lot of academical about the historical moment where the neoliberal economy predominates wordwild´their characteristics are exacerbated consumerism, little value to politics, consolidation of liberal democracy, individualism, skepticism, distrust toward grand narrative and various tenets of Enlightenment rationality. Some psychologists believe that diseases have increased psychosis. Also in this period it arises the internet

The most well-known postmodernist concerns is "deconstruction". Deconstruction is the philosophy of postmodernity which it was proposed by Jacques Derrida. Deconstructive notion into question all analytical categories proposed in modernity because it cannot explain the new social reality. Thus the identities are regarded as something of the past. Thereby, advocates of postmodernism has the idea of an individual can live without clinging to anything, as a free subject.

However there are critical philosophers and critical social researchers of postmodern culture. For example, Alain Badiou -french philosopher- believes that postmodernism does not allow freedom of individuals because it does not allow people to think.

The certain the postmodern culture system has been consolidated and it's the beginning.

I'm going to talk about Pierre clastres. He was born 1934 in France. He studied at University of Sorbonne, obtaining a licence in literature in 1957, and philosophy in the following year. He went into working anthropology after 1956 as student of Claude Levi Strauss. With Levi Strauss he learned structuralist theory (it was very important in the french academy) that was fundamental in his work.

He is best know for his contributions to the field of political anthropology. He was a anthropologist that wrotte the popular book "society against the state" in 1973.  this book is very important not only because it gives useful information about the sociopolitical constitution of the south american tribes, but also because it let us think about a new political model for our own society, different from the state.

His work were an attempt for leave the traditional state theory. The traditional state theory think that is imposible live in society out the state. By contrast, Clastres thought the tribes without state were societies and not only that, these tribes are against tje state. They have ways so there is hierarchy. The boss don't have political power. 
Today, their contributions are still valid in political theory.