Euram,+Modernity,+reason,+and+alterity;+or,+postmodernism,+the+highest+stage+of+cultural+imperialism

Second rule of postmodern style, you DO START with a pastiche of quotations. (Rules of Postmodern Club) - I hate quotations. Tell me what you know. (R.W. Emerson) - Abuse quotations you should not. Hmmmmmm. (Yoda - I am almost sure he said that)
 * =Title= || Euram, Modernity, reason, and alterity; or, postmodernism, the highest stage of cultural imperialism ||
 * =Author= || David Morley ||
 * =Date= || 1996 ||
 * =Summary By= || Efe ||
 * =Summary= || - First rule of postmodern style, you start with a pastiche of quotations.

In postmodernism, temporality supersedes spatiality.Like 'modernity' being associated with Western values, post-modernity needs a space, too. Yet, the spatial understanding in postmodernism is more or less understood in terms of context (communication and networks), not necessarily of geography. (Also, see globalization and localization -and also glocalization, going global locally etc)

The dynamic of global localization is the backbone of culture and space in postmodernism. If that is the case, what happens to EuroAmericans? They used to be the 'modern' while the East was the pre-modern/traditional. They were stronger, richer. But right now East is on the rise (Morley gives the example of Japan)

Now, as the space concept has changed, Us vs. Them opposition has changed. Otherness is explained in sexual, political, racial, and cultural terms. These terms are employed by postmodernism to destabilize structure. (This is why, for instance, feminism likes postmodernism). Actually, postmodernism is not very fond of binary opposition, therefore us vs. them lost its importance. Discussion focuses more on dominant forces and how to deconstruct them. Everything written so far is 'riddled with EurAmericocentrism, and with class, gender, and racial biases.

Deconstructionism of Derrida. (Yet, Habermas accuses postmodernists to be 'enemies of reason).

The rest of the article just uses these concepts in different contexts. ||
 * =Discussion points= || How can we have a 'systematical' (something closer to KKV style research understanding) approach when deconstruction is prevalent among postmodernists?

Does postmodernism really protect people from cultural imperialism or is it another school of thought inherently crafted by Western ideas?

I also want to underline Habermas's point once again. What happens to rationalism and Enlightenment project? (Or, like Eagleton's critique of Bhaba, can we think 'outside' the Enlightenment boundaries)

Lastly, just as a provocative question, is it okay to study some subject with a EurAmericocentrism? (Maybe, it is not a subject of global importance. Or maybe the social phenomenon was born in the region and was copied by other regions.) || = = = = = = = = = = = =

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