Hegel is sometimes called the beginning of postmodernism. Marx was also a postmodern philosopher. A really, quick, messy way to talk about modernism vs. postmodernism would be to say that the moderns believed in a fixed reality or laws of perfection, while the postmoderns believed in unfixed reality with changing laws of perfection.
Modernism =
(Standard of perfection to measure worm against!)
Postmodernism =
(This worm is free for interpretation!)
What they Might Say About Social Websites (according to me):
Hegel: "There is no ideal social website with which to measure ! With each newly designed social website, there is always a thesis and an antithesis. A thesis is the main point, and the antithesis is the anti-point! The makers should be aware of both so they can form a new synthesis or another draft out of these two contradicting points. These drafts will continue on further and further, each time becoming something new, changing toward a new synthesis. The idea of perfection is always changing."
Marx: "Workers in any area should never be doing alienated, meaningless work like they might in a factory line. If the users are workers, they should always understand the bigger vision of the site and then with that inspiration be motivated to dive in and contribute and interact!"
CORRECT: Explain what alienation: if not alienated, then yourself and your values are enhanced in the thing you make. The primary form of alienation here is between the object and the human. If not alienated, you feel connected.
Separate what they originally said from what they would say about social websites.
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