Tag: modernism

  • The Condition of Postmodernity, David Harvey: Chapter 3: Postmodernism, A Summary

    The Condition of Postmodernity, David Harvey: Chapter 3: Postmodernism, A Summary

    A summary of David Harvey’s (1989) The Condition of Postmodernity’: An Inquiry Into the Origins of Cultural Change. This is a summary of chapter three. You like to read my summaries of chapter one and two first of all: Click here for chapter 1 summary Click here for chapter 2 summary Most would agree with…

  • The Condition of Postmodernity: Chapter 2

    A summary of David Harvey’s (1989) The Condition of Postmodernity’: An Inquiry Into the Origins of Cultural Change, chapter 2. In chapter 2, Harvey deals at length with the contradictions within Modernity, from the Enlightenment project to the 1968 counter-culture, suggesting that the fundamental contradiction is between Modernity’s quest for the immutable, which it continually…

  • The ‘Postmodern’ Tech Companies Embarking on ‘Modernist’ Projects

    Technology Transnationals such as Apple, Google and Facebook have effectively embedded themselves into the lifeworlds of billions of people the world over through weaving their products and services into the fabric of daily life. While in many ways these tech firms are quintessentially postmodern, there are some ways in which they seem to harken back to…

  • Modernism and Postmodernism – What’s the Difference?

    Modernism and Postmodernism – What’s the difference? The table below is taken from David Harvey’s Condition of Postmodernity (in turn taken from Hassan 1985). Harvey suggests that its a useful tool which helps us to see how postmodernity is, in some ways, a reaction to modernity. I cut out a few of the more hectic…