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]]> By: Deacon Hall http://homebrewedchristianity.com/2009/12/07/crazy-texan-monday-and-postmodern-jargon/comment-page-1/#comment-10745 Deacon Hall Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:50:28 +0000 http://homebrewedchristianity.com/?p=2301#comment-10745 I dug your overall explanation, Callid, especially the incorporation of the Christian message and missionary work into what the postmodern could mean. But I did intend for the post to be on Baudrillard's hyperrealism. I am becoming convinced (no doubt by my over-saturation of Roderick, above) that the postmodern trajectory is the breakdown between reality (or what was thought to be real) and image, reason and rhetoric. The good side, of course, is that this breakdown begins to give rise to the voices of the marginalized, for they're no longer excluded from a contribution to the "real;" the real has been deconstructed, and German males are no longer the only ones who have a hold on it. However, there is the possibility of risking a loss of "reality" altogether, precisely in the way defined above. So, I do tend to think that there's a real danger, here, of hyperrealism--the loss of the self and the world into the pure imagery, where the possibility of control resides only with those who are best able to produce imagery...marketing firms. Perhaps Baudrillard is too much; perhaps Baudrillard's world is not the only way (though certainly Grahm Ward argues for his). But Baudrillardd seems in many ways to be a good prophet to the possible downsides (if one wants to take them as such) of the postmodern. I'll put one of Roderick's videos of Derrida up next; it may be a more fair interpretation (even if not quite as exciting, in some ways) as Baudrillard. I'd love to hear your thoughts. I dug your overall explanation, Callid, especially the incorporation of the Christian message and missionary work into what the postmodern could mean. But I did intend for the post to be on Baudrillard’s hyperrealism. I am becoming convinced (no doubt by my over-saturation of Roderick, above) that the postmodern trajectory is the breakdown between reality (or what was thought to be real) and image, reason and rhetoric. The good side, of course, is that this breakdown begins to give rise to the voices of the marginalized, for they’re no longer excluded from a contribution to the “real;” the real has been deconstructed, and German males are no longer the only ones who have a hold on it. However, there is the possibility of risking a loss of “reality” altogether, precisely in the way defined above. So, I do tend to think that there’s a real danger, here, of hyperrealism–the loss of the self and the world into the pure imagery, where the possibility of control resides only with those who are best able to produce imagery…marketing firms. Perhaps Baudrillard is too much; perhaps Baudrillard’s world is not the only way (though certainly Grahm Ward argues for his). But Baudrillardd seems in many ways to be a good prophet to the possible downsides (if one wants to take them as such) of the postmodern. I’ll put one of Roderick’s videos of Derrida up next; it may be a more fair interpretation (even if not quite as exciting, in some ways) as Baudrillard. I’d love to hear your thoughts.

]]> By: Callid Keefe-Perry http://homebrewedchristianity.com/2009/12/07/crazy-texan-monday-and-postmodern-jargon/comment-page-1/#comment-10737 Callid Keefe-Perry Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:31:01 +0000 http://homebrewedchristianity.com/?p=2301#comment-10737 Did you intend to have this video be about Baudrillard's Hyperrealism? If so, I wonder about that approach as an "interpretation of postmodernism." It seems to me that while this is interesting, it might not be the best foray into the subject. On a related note, I recently made my own attempt to describe this tricky topic and wonder how you think it does: http://ow.ly/EelD All good things, -C Did you intend to have this video be about Baudrillard’s Hyperrealism? If so, I wonder about that approach as an “interpretation of postmodernism.” It seems to me that while this is interesting, it might not be the best foray into the subject. On a related note, I recently made my own attempt to describe this tricky topic and wonder how you think it does: http://ow.ly/EelD

All good things,

-C

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