Synopses & Reviews
For more than a decade now, there has been a steadily growing chorus of voices announcing that the “postmodern” literature, art, thought, and culture of the late 20th century have come to an end. At the same time, and no doubt relatedly, the early years of the 21st century have simultaneously seen a prolific stream of critical formulations proclaiming a successor to postmodernism. Thus, in the years from 1999 to 2010, such neologisms as “Remodernism”, “Performatism”, “Hypermodernism”, “Automodernism”, “Renewalism”, “Altermodernism”, “Digimodernism”, and “Metamodernism” have been coined, proposed and debated as terms designating that which comes after the postmodern.
Supplanting the Postmodern is the first anthology to collect the key writings in these debates in one place. The anthology is divided into two parts: the first, “The Sense of an Ending”, presents an array of positions in the debate around the demise of the postmodern; the second, “Coming to Terms with the New”, presents representative writings from the new “-isms” mentioned above. Each of the entries is prefaced by a brief introduction by the editors, in which they outline its central ideas, point out the similarities and/or differences from other positions found in the anthology, and suggest possible strengths and limitations to the insights presented in each piece.
Synopsis
For more than a decade now a steadily growing chorus of voices has announced that the 'postmodern' literature, art, thought and culture of the late 20th century have come to an end. At the same time as this, the early years of the 21st century have seen a stream of critical formulations proclaiming a successor to postmodernism. Intriguing and exciting new terms such as 'remodernism', 'performatism', 'hypermodernism', 'automodernism," 'renewalism', 'altermodernism', 'digimodernism' and 'metamodernism' have been coined, proposed and debated as terms for what comes after the postmodern. Supplanting the Postmodern is the first anthology to collect the key writings in these debates in one place.
The book is divided into two parts: the first, 'The Sense of an Ending', presents a range of positions in the debate around the demise of the postmodern; the second, 'Coming to Terms with the New', presents representative writings from the new '-isms' mentioned above. Each of the entries is prefaced by a brief introduction by the editors, in which they outline its central ideas, point out the similarities and/or differences from other positions found in the anthology, and suggest possible strengths and limitations to the insights presented in each piece.
About the Author
David Rudrum is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Huddersfield, UK. He is the author of Stanley Cavell and the Claim of Literature (2013) and the editor of Literature and Philosophy: A Guide to Contemporary Debates (2006).
Table of Contents
Introduction
Part One: The Sense of an Ending“Epilogue: The Postmodern - In Retrospect”
“Gone Forever But Here To Stay: The Legacy of the Postmodern”
Linda Hutcheon
“Beyond Postmodernism: Toward an Aesthetic of Trust”
Ihab Hassan
“Postmodernism Grown Old”
Steven Connor
“The Death of Postmodernism and Beyond”
Alan Kirby
“They Might Have Been Giants”
John McGowan
From
Post-Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Just-in-Time CapitalismJeffrey Nealon
Part Two: Coming to Terms with the NewRemodernism Billy Childish and Charles Thomson, “The Stuckist Manifesto”
Billy Childish and Charles Thomson, “Remodernism”
PerformatismRaoul Eshelman, “Introduction”
Raoul Eshelman, “Performatism, or the End of Postmodernism (
American Beauty)”
HypermodernismGilles Lipovetsky, from “Time Against Time, or The Hypermodern Society”
AutomodernismRobert Samuels, “Auto-modernity after Postmodernism: Autonomy and Automation in Culture, Technology, and Education”
RenewalismNeil Brooks and Josh Toth, “Introduction: A Wake and Renewed?”
Josh Toth, from
The Passing of Postmodernism: A Spectroanalysis of the Contemporary AltermodernismNicolas Bourriaud,
The Altermodern ManifestoNicolas Bourriaud, “Altermodern”
DigimodernismAlan Kirby, from
Digimodernism: How New Technologies Dismantle the Postmodern and Reconfigure our Culture MetamodernismTimotheus Vermeulen and Robin van den Akker, “Notes on Metamodernism”
Conclusions“Note on the Supplanting of 'Post-'”
David Rudrum
“The Anxieties of the Present”
Nicholas Stavris
Bibliography
Index