Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism Literary Elements

Philosophical book

The book is written in the context of Marxists' perspective.

First-person narrative

Informative, sanguine, captivating, poignant

The protagonist of the book is Ernest Mandel.

The major conflict is the introduction of postmodernism which intentionally rejects meta-narratives. Consequently, postmodernism rejects truth claims without verifiable facts.

The climax comes when corporate capitalism is introduced to aid businesses in navigating new markets.

The initiation of the postmodern society foreshadowed new opposing ideas to the existing myths and truth claims.

Capitalism is understated because it is about corporate business promotion and creates an opportunity for normal business to explore their potential to create wealth in a competitive society.

The story alludes to cultural logic and its relations to dialect enlightenment.

The author depicts sight imagery when writing, “It is the realm of architecture; however, the modifications in aesthetic production are most dramatically visible, and that their theoretical problems have been most centrally raised and articulated." This imagery enhances vision and enables readers to conceptualize the realm of architecture in postmodernism.

The paradox of capitalism in the postmodernist society is that only the powerful and financially able can compete favorably. Therefore, the less privileged have no place in a capitalist society.

Capitalists parallel modernists' views on life and economic approaches to business and politics.

There is no specific example.

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