@MarkHoltom The real power is controlling the narrative.
The peak of power is not being able to tell others what to do.
It is making them want to do the things you want without you even telling them so.
#postmodern #narrative #theory
When the value of science, the humanities, and legal precedent all collapse, cuz nobody believes in anything anymore, we’ve gone fully medieval post-modern.
You NEVER go the full medieval post-modern.
The Seagull Knows: Notes on a Constipated Discipline
The opening moment of the workshop on Methodological Strategies for Real-Life Theorising was unintentionally profound. A story of a seagull crieing above the glass façade of the Blavatnik School of Government. A temple to the #deathcult that shaped our lives for the last 40 years of #neoliberal change and shaping. In hindsight, that seagull metaphor may have been the wisest participant at the event.The sessions that followed offered a painful reminder of just how entrenched and constipated […]https://hamishcampbell.com/the-seagull-knows-notes-on-a-constipated-discipline/
#LGBTQ related #Wikipedia article created 8 hours ago
Honor Molloy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honor_Molloy
Honor Molloy (born May 22, 1961) also known as Honour Kane
Nahum Gelber Law Library, Montreal, Canada.
For #FensterFreitag, the iconic triangular window high up on the facade of the McGill university law library building opens up to the Alan Aylesworth Macnaughton reading room. This #postmodern structure was designed by Dan S. Hanganu and opened in 1998.
: Fuji X-T20 + Laowa 9mm f/2.8
#library #LibraryArchitecture #architecture #photography
Signal-to-noise is a hard conversation
Signal-to-noise is a hard conversation to have. In our #postmodern world, the very idea of common agreement on what constitutes signal or noise feels elusive, even when it’s often obvious to the community. The undermining of shared narratives fractured our sense of collective reality. In the absence of common ground, every perspective risks becoming its own echo chamber, amplifying what it values as signal while dismissing conflicting views as noise. This dynamic plays out in countless […]https://hamishcampbell.com/signal-to-noise-is-a-hard-conversation/
@jeffjarvis Yes. This is the #postmodern nazism: Just claim that you are not a nazi while being a nazi. What’s real, anyway?
https://jazzaria.bandcamp.com/album/all-that-glitters
Glitter, Litter, both transport
and serve their Purpose,
yet fall short.
Glisten, Listen, all that shines
is less than Precious,
in decline.
Glossy, Lossy, error rates
will pervade Substance,
not abate.
Featuring alto sax.
https://jazzaria.bandcamp.com/album/alls-fair
Step on up, come one, come All! All are welcome (and required) at All's Fair - a Fair where every tit has its tat. All's Fair, in love and war, serves the needs of All, whether pliantly or peremptorily.
A carnival of topsy-turvy exchange, All's Fair provides the circus - though you may pay dearly for the bread.
Featuring alto sax.
Designed by Blackcatstudio, this minimalist poster template features a bold geometric pattern with stylized eyes, emphasizing diversity with a standout red eye. Available in US Letter and A4 formats, it embodies modern postmodernism with the tagline, “Build strength in our differences.” https://weandthecolor.com/bold-postmodern-minimalism-geometric-poster-design-template-celebrating-diversity/191217 #poster #retro #vintage #graphicdesign #posterdesign #retroposter #postertemplate #postmodern
“Illuminated by lightning flashes of descriptive brilliance, Brown’s prose evokes melodrama, Greek tragedy and postmodern alienation…”
You can download a free ebook edition of THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN SHUTTERS from @gutenberg_org
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Location & dis-location in George Douglas Brown’s THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN SHUTTERS
Benjamine Toussaint, Études anglaises 70/4, 2017
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https://shs.cairn.info/article/E_ETAN_704_0429?lang=en&ID_ARTICLE=E_ETAN_704_0429
“To pick up a pen is to place oneself outside the community in the act of being self-conscious about it. As Burns discovered, it is not really possible to write about community and remain uncompromised within it.”
—read Dorothy McMillan’s essay “Rural Realism”, on George Douglas Brown’s THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN SHUTTERS
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“I remember the first novel in English I read through was a Scottish novel called THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN SHUTTERS. […] When I read that, I wanted to be Scotch.”
—Jorge Luis Borges, interviewed by the Paris Review in July 1966
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https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4331/the-art-of-fiction-no-39-jorge-luis-borges
George Douglas Brown (1869–1902) was born #OTD, 26 Jan – best known for his 1901 novel THE HOUSE WITH THE GREEN SHUTTERS
“…the TRAINSPOTTING of its day… an angry young man’s response to the misrepresentation of contemporary Scottish life and the industrial and spiritual changes taking place”
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https://list.co.uk/news/39535/george-douglas-brown-the-house-with-the-green-shutters-1901
Remember folks, this is not the fascism of your great grandfather, this #postmodern #fascism
Denial of doing fascism while letting you know and rubbing it in your face is integral. Trolling and manufacturing reality in a way which is designed to trap you while trying to dispute their camoflage is by design.
Projection of power & total domination of the script has not changed though. Neither has the victimhood rhetoric.
This is a watershed moment. The apologists are clear, like in the 1930’s.
@SnowshadowII A liar need not be considerate of the truth
It’s going to the same direction as Trumpian politics: You know it’s not real, but it’s so enjoyably pushing all the buttons you want to be pushed (racism, homophobia, whatever your poison), and because ”it’s not real” it’s not harmful those buttons get pushed, so you go along and even pay money for it
The #postmodern nightmare society is here: First it’s all a WWF wrestling show, eveywhere. But you can’t tell where it ends!
One word #kayfabe : Acknowledging the staged, scripted nature of (US) professional #wrestling
This is what unlocks the Trump presidencies: His relationship with the audience that acknowledges kayfabe, and are now enjoying the show in #uspolitics
This #audience is not moved by ”Trump is a threat” or ”Trump is evil”, that just means the kayfabe is working
The script can be flipped, realities rolled-in at any time to become a part of it. The most #postmodern show
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