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defacto7

(13,485 posts)
Tue Aug 28, 2018, 09:19 PM Aug 2018

Is Trump a Postmodernist?

In the works of Eco, a predominant concept is the distinction between without and within. The primary theme of the works of Eco is not discourse as such, but subdiscourse.

But Sontag’s essay on modernism suggests that context is a product of the masses. The subject is contextualised into a precapitalist paradigm of narrative that includes sexuality as a paradox.

Therefore, the main theme of Hamburger’s[1] model of dialectic nationalism is a mythopoetical whole. The premise of modernism states that art is used in the service of class divisions.

“Sexuality is responsible for the status quo,” says Foucault; however, according to Porter[4] , it is not so much sexuality that is responsible for the status quo, but rather the paradigm, and subsequent failure, of sexuality. Thus, the subject is contextualised into a subcultural textual theory that includes consciousness as a reality. Baudrillard uses the term ‘Baudrillardist simulacra’ to denote not, in fact, desublimation, but subdesublimation.

But the subject is interpolated into a modernism that includes culture as a totality. The main theme of von Ludwig’s[5] critique of the capitalist paradigm of context is a mythopoetical paradox.

Thus, the subject is contextualised into a subcultural textual theory that includes reality as a totality. The primary theme of the works of Eco is the bridge between sexual identity and language.

Uh.. I dunno. Maybe. Just thought I'd share.

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Is Trump a Postmodernist? (Original Post) defacto7 Aug 2018 OP
Nah, just a major asshole. No point in trying to go deeper. TreasonousBastard Aug 2018 #1
Exactly. Sometimes an asshole is just an asshole. FSogol Aug 2018 #10
This argument needs to take into account Headgear's notion of Enframing (Gestell)... blitzen Aug 2018 #2
Exactly what I was subinternalizing! defacto7 Aug 2018 #3
Perhaps you should enroll in an ESL course... Wounded Bear Aug 2018 #4
I would except defacto7 Aug 2018 #5
Word salad extraordinaire Zambero Aug 2018 #6
I'm sorry. It may be too advanced for the ununiformed masses. defacto7 Aug 2018 #7
No... SeattleVet Aug 2018 #8
I'll get right on that with thinking. Solly Mack Aug 2018 #9

blitzen

(4,572 posts)
2. This argument needs to take into account Headgear's notion of Enframing (Gestell)...
Tue Aug 28, 2018, 09:35 PM
Aug 2018

...as the gathering together of that setting-upon which sets upon man, i.e., challenges him forth, to reveal the real, in the mode of ordering, as standing-Federal-reserve.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)
5. I would except
Tue Aug 28, 2018, 10:18 PM
Aug 2018

the paradigm, and subsequent failure of sexuality is responsible for the status quo.

e.l.s... what the hell nonsense is that supposed to mean? gees..

Zambero

(8,964 posts)
6. Word salad extraordinaire
Tue Aug 28, 2018, 10:23 PM
Aug 2018

Someone needs to interpret this profundity for the benefit of the great uninformed masses, myself included!

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