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The Thrills and Chills of Postmodernism: The Western Intellectual Vertigo

Studies in Political Economy

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Title The Thrills and Chills of Postmodernism: The Western Intellectual Vertigo
 
Creator Helvacioglu, Banu
 
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Description There is a peculiar irony to how we conceive and live reality in an age characterized by perpetual change and transformation. Capitalism is on its way to becoming the universal mode of production with the collapse of the Soviet bloc, continuing penetration of foreign capital into the pre-capitalist enclaves of the Third World, and the commodification of social and cultural realms in advanced capitalist formations. Under the globalization of capitalism, human pursuits in an ever wider range of activities, from work to sports, arts and entertainment, have been subordinated to the logic of capital.
 
Publisher Studies in Political Economy
 
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Date 2010-05-25
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


 
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Identifier http://spe.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/spe/article/view/12996
 
Source Studies in Political Economy; Vol 38 (1992): After the End of History
1918-7033
0707-8552
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://spe.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/spe/article/view/12996/9890
 
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