StumbleUpon. Postmodern Culture. Postmodernism or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism by Fredric Jameson. Fredric Jameson (1991) Postmodernism or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism Source: Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism Verso, 1991. Just two sections from Chapter 1 reproduced here.
The last few years have been marked by an inverted millenarianism in which premonitions of the future, catastrophic or redemptive, have been replaced by senses of the end of this or that (the end of ideology, art, or social class; the “crisis” of Leninism, social democracy, or the welfare state, etc., etc.); taken together, all of these perhaps constitute what is increasingly called postmodernism. The case for its existence depends on the hypothesis of some radical break or coupure, generally traced back to the end of the 1950s or the early 1960s.
As the word itself suggests, this break is most often related to notions of the waning or extinction of the hundred-year-old modern movement (or to its ideological or aesthetic repudiation). POSTMODERNISM AND CONSUMER SOCIETY - FREDERICK JAMESON- ATHENAEUM LIBRARY OF PHILOSOPHY. Category:Postmodern literature. The Postmodernism Generator » Communications From Elsewhere. 1. Fellini and Marxist capitalism “Sexual identity is intrinsically unattainable,” says Bataille; however, according to Finnis[1] , it is not so much sexual identity that is intrinsically unattainable, but rather the collapse, and thus the fatal flaw, of sexual identity. Wilson[2] suggests that the works of Fellini are empowering. However, the primary theme of Geoffrey’s[3] analysis of the constructivist paradigm of discourse is a mythopoetical whole. The main theme of the works of Smith is the role of the writer as poet. If one examines textual neocapitalist theory, one is faced with a choice: either accept Marxist capitalism or conclude that sexuality, perhaps paradoxically, has significance.
“Class is dead,” says Baudrillard. If one examines the constructivist paradigm of discourse, one is faced with a choice: either reject textual neocapitalist theory or conclude that sexual identity has intrinsic meaning. 2. Von Ludwig[11] states that the works of Smith are postmodern. 1. 2. 3. 4. Postmodernism. Philosophical and artistic movement Initially emerging from a mode of literary criticism, postmodernism developed in the mid-twentieth century as a rejection of modernism,[8][9][10] and has been observed across many disciplines. Postmodernism is associated with the theories of deconstruction and post-structuralism.[4] Various authors have criticized postmodernism as promoting obscurantism, as abandoning Enlightenment rationalism and scientific rigor, and as adding nothing to analytical or empirical knowledge.[13] Definition[edit] Origins of term[edit] In 1942 H.
R. Hays described postmodernism as a new literary form. In 1926, Bernard Iddings Bell, president of St. Author Peter Drucker suggested the transformation into a post-modern world that happened between 1937 and 1957 and described it as a "nameless era" characterized as a shift to a conceptual world based on pattern, purpose, and process rather than a mechanical cause. History[edit] Theories and derivatives[edit] Deconstruction[edit] H. ``How To Speak and Write Postmodern'' Posted to alt.humor.best-of-usenet by Andrew C Bulhak on 20 June 1995, found in alt.postmodern. by Stephen Katz, Associate Professor, Sociology, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada Postmodernism has been the buzzword in academia for the last decade. Books, journal articles, conference themes and university courses have resounded to the debates about postmodernism that focus on the uniqueness of our times, where computerization, the global economy and the media have irrevocably transformed all forms of social engagement.
As a professor of sociology who teaches about culture, I include myself in this environment. Indeed, I have a great interest in postmodernism both as an intellectual movement and as a practical problem. However, I think the real gulf is not so much positional as linguistic. First, you need to remember that plainly expressed language is out of the question. Now for the test. At some point someone may actually ask you what you're talking about.