Chris Garratt,Richard Appignanesi

Postmodernism

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  • Danil Lumerzhas quoted6 years ago
    only way to present what is conceivable but not representable is abstraction.
  • Kristinahas quoted7 years ago
    WHAT WE PRODUCE IS ALWAYS MILES AHEAD OF WHAT WE THINK.
  • Marko P.has quoted4 years ago
    “What we call freedom is the irreducibility of the cultural order to the natural order.”
  • Marko P.has quoted4 years ago
    Worries that we’ve become McDonaldized, Coke-crazed, Starbuck junkies are superficial. What matters is the global addiction to prosperity on which America’s dominance relies.
  • Marko P.has quoted4 years ago
    For him, September 11th was the image taking cruel revenge on a world become virtual simulacrum.
  • Marko P.has quoted4 years ago
    The object of advertising now is not merely to create dreams and desires, but to engender a new commodified reality shaped by a company’s logo or slogan.
  • Marko P.has quoted4 years ago
    The battlefield realities of the past had been replaced by mass media saturation coverage with its talk of “smart bombs” and “collateral damage”.
  • Marko P.has quoted4 years ago
    At its strongest, the anthropic principle suggests that human consciousness is somehow “fitted” to the universe, not only as a component but as an observation necessary to give the universe meaning.
  • Marko P.has quoted4 years ago
    The irreversible change from knower to consumer of knowledge is the cornerstone of postmodernity.
  • Marko P.has quoted4 years ago
    “The old principle that the acquisition of knowledge is indissociable from the training of minds … is becoming obsolete and will become ever more so.
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