yuefei’s Reviews > Politics of Modernism: Against the New Conformists > Status Update

"Afterword to 'Modern Tragedy'" really took me by surprise. The writing is vital, breathtaking and devastatingly relevant (with echoes of Mark Fisher).

Remember to come back to this one.

Important ideas to engage with, but also to stay skeptical of. Not very convinced by Williams' formulation of the "post-modern" as that which is outside of development, but he's also likely responding to a specific context of cultural and discursive problems that I don't really have access to anymore. Williams' familiarity with literature shows in his relative unfamiliarity with art.