On the Supposed Birth of the Altermodern
Feb 27, 2010 philosophy, politics
Adbusters — the de facto magazine of choice for leftist fundamentalists — has an interesting article by Micah White on the (too oft-heralded) death of postmodernism and the birth of “altermodernism.” I think he gets things half-right, and we’ll start with his conception of postmodernism: “…[A]n essential precept of postmodern philosophy: Western thought has hitherto [...]
Tags: Adbusters, binaries, capitalism, consumerism, corporatism, deconstruction, Derrida, differance, fundamentalism, Lyotard, Marcuse, Marx, Micah White, modernism, postmodernism
The Paradox of Capitalist Realism
Feb 9, 2010 philosophy, politics
“…The politics of Western powers, and of the American government in particular, are utterly destitute of ingenuity…” So says Alain Badiou, in an interview I stumbled upon since my last post. As an interesting complement to that discussion, I read through Mark Fisher’s Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? and he coincidentally discussed some of [...]
Tags: Badiou, capitalism, conservatism, consumerism, Deleuze & Guattari, free market, Huxley, imagination, Jameson, Lacan, Mark Fisher, Marx, Marxism, mental health, Orwell, Zizek