Imperatives of Neomodernism for the Middle East
... notwithstanding, it indicates quite vividly a modernist request for a “new gravity,” which is conveyed by postmodern technologies and practices. In her comment, Elena Alekseenkova entered a third variable into the equation , namely “premodernism.” The elegance of this intellectual somersault allows us to reduce the issue under discussion to the problem of social archaization. While agreeing that today postmodern social consciousness represents a melting pot of archaic practices,...
20.05.2016
