"Modernism is dominant but Dead" This quote really stood out to me among the rest. In a sense I actually agree. Prior to this particular quote, the reading stated that Octavio Paz, a fellow traveler of modernity, noted in the 1960's that the avant-garde of 1967 repeated the deeds and gestures of those of the 1917. "We are experiencing the end of the idea of modern art." Isn't it true though, most things that are created as new, are recreations made better (Everything must be better,faster,stronger).
I'm not exactly sure if this would be a viable example, but we do pretty much recycle our fashion. That is not to say you should save clothing for years at a time, because that particular item may not come back in style. It may be an upgraded version of that item your tempted in keeping.
In the reading it asks the question "...Does the existance of post-avant-garde mean there is a transition to that broader phenomenon called postmodernity? Can someone clarify this for me, my idea of the avant-garde is experimentalist. The post-avant garde is said to be chosen to represent the failure of the surrealist rebellion. My idea of surrealist is also experimentalist, or perhaps extremist. But to answer this question I do think the idea of a post-avant garde could potentially mean there was a transition to the phenomenon of postmodernity.
The reading was a bit difficult for me to understand. I am not sure that Habermas is my transition into the idea of postmodernism. I think I was able to understand Benjamin's work and his idea of Postmodernism.
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One concept from Habermas really stood out to me:
“Postmodernity definitely presents itself as Antimodernity”
I think that by this, Habermas means that postmodernity is antimodernity in the sense that it still focuses on a de-centered subjectivity, but in a different way. After talking to Dr. Cummings, I found it helpful to think of antimodernity (or ante-modernity) not as the opposite of modernity (as the prefix anti- indicates), but as what comes after modernity (as the prefix ante- indicates).
I feel that Lyotard explained the notion of postmodernity as antimodernity best by claiming that, although modernity breaks with tradition in its content, it still relies on conventional form in order to retain a reputable audience. Postmodernity is antimodernity, but to a more pure degree. It seeks to break with conventions not only in terms of content, but also in terms of form.
In short, postmodernity is what comes after modernity chronologically, but ideologically, postmodernity is based on the beliefs from the conception of modernism.
I felt that it would have helped my understanding of Lyotard is we had read Habermas first. I got the main points, but it required much more work to get the concepts when we read the material in the order that we did.
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