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By: Postmodernism, The Academic Left, And The Crisis Of Capitalism | saveourcola

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:44:13 +0000

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By: dave fryett

dave fryett — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:40:13 +0000

Liked this very much, even if its central thesis is undermined somewhat by the collapse of ’08 having been a controlled demolition. i believe a careful lok at the chronology reveals that to be the case. This bailout was an enormous shift of wealth up the food chain to the highest level of capital from all the layers below. This was no accident, it was class war. But this too speaks to the author’s main point.

By: Rich Gibson

Rich Gibson — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 22:04:42 +0000

Breisach, in “The Future of History,” called postmodernism, “Religion with an angry cloak.” Nice. Those who have the time might check Lukacs’, “Destruction of Reason,” which, in some ways, predicted pomoites, and finished them off before they existed. FWIIW, I see pomoism as the whining of the upper middle class, selfish, individualist, and more and more marginalized–for good reason–professoriate who want attention, worship, more money, and no responsibility. That the pomoites mis-educated a generation is partly true, but reality came back after the shopping decade of the nineties and, one hopes, will finish them off,body, mind, and soul.

By: Postmoderne Krise « Jungen und Technik

Postmoderne Krise « Jungen und Technik — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:24:28 +0000

[...] Foucault stellt Lukács auf den Kopf – die Interpretation hat schon einiges für sich. Und das beschriebene Manöver ließe sich sicher auch in anderen Zusammenhängen und Debatten wiederfinden. Die heutigen Wertkritiker_innen dürften mit ihrer Rede vom allgegenwärtigen Verblendungszusammenhang (Warenfetisch hier, Arbeitsfetisch da, und den Staatsfetisch gibt´s noch kostenlos obendrauf) jedenfalls mehr mit Lukács gemein haben, als ihnen lieb ist. Nur mal so am Rande, falls ihr Lust habt, drüber nachzudenken… Weiterlesen könnt ihr in der Zwischenzeit HIER. [...]

By: John Garvey

John Garvey — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 21:59:22 +0000

We’re not sure what you’re requesting. Can you give some more of an explanation. Thank you.

By: p

Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:55:38 +0000

Could you please link the article? Thanks much!

By: Michael Rectenwald

Michael Rectenwald — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 12:07:44 +0000

Postmodernism as the cultural logic of capitalism, as Jameson referred to it, may be alive and well. I am talking about postmodern theory and its influence in the academy, which has waned significantly, and has been theoretically debunked. Postmodernism in art, literature, entertainment may be a persistent feature of our culture. But that’s not the subject of this essay.

By: Jonathan M. Feldman

Jonathan M. Feldman — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 12:20:46 +0000

Postmodernism (or the sort you are concerned about perhaps) is alive and well as can be seen in a recent article in The Newstatesman on March 7, 2013.

By: Michael Rectenwald, “Postmodernism, the Academic Left, and the Crisis of Capitalism” « GLSNC

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:31:45 +0000

[...] Rectenwald has published “Postmodernism, the Academic Left, and the Crisis of Capitalism” in Insurgent Notes: A Journal of Communist Theory and Practice. The article explores the fate of [...]