Perspectives: Lecture 3 - The Apple, Auschwitz & The Incredulous Frenchman

• Meta-narrative: Meta-narrative (or grand narrative) is a theory or interpretation of things and situations that provides a pattern or structure for people’s beliefs and gives meaning and context and purpose to experiences and life.

• Essentialism: It is a belief that everything has a set of certain characteristics or feature, which make them what they are, they are essential and necessary for their identity or function.

• Utopian: A place, state or society, where everything is perfect and/or ideal.

• Axiomatic: Is self-evident, explains itself and is unquestionable.

• Dystopian: A place, state or society, where things are unsuitable for normal living conditions, cannot rise up to healthy or pleasant standards; unpleasant, dreadful and cannot be escaped.

• Scepticism: Doubtful of the truth of something and the information provided; questions the certain concept or knowledge.

• Relativism: A theory that suggest that nothing is absolute, and people are entitled to their own interpretations and views about right or wrong / moral or immoral.

• Pluralism: A society where two or more collective groups (authorities, religion, classes, races, etc.) coexist.