Postmodernity and late capitalism: Reading of Anderson and Harvey
Postmodernity and late capitalism: Reading of Anderson and Harvey
This article deals with two pioneer scholars of postmodernism, David Harvey and Perry Anderson. The former disagrees with Jameson’s response to postmodern condition, and the latter concentrates on the economic and geopolitical conditions that have nurtured the idea and changes. However, both of them are aware of the totality of contemporary life. Postmodern condition, for Harvey, is dangerous as it avoids the issues of the realities of political economy and global power. He opines that capitalis