Postmodernism, capitalism, and regressive history in the post-soviet areality Cover Image

Postmodernizmas, kapitalizmas ir regresyvi istorija posovietinėje arealybėje
Postmodernism, capitalism, and regressive history in the post-soviet areality

Author(s): Audronė Žukauskaitė
Subject(s): Aesthetics, Structuralism and Post-Structuralism, Social Theory, Sociology of Culture, Post-Communist Transformation, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Lietuvos mokslų akademijos leidykla

Summary/Abstract: The article analyzes the post-Soviet context which is described in terms of heterotopia, ectopia and areality. These terms signify different sorts of places that refer to the imaginary or symbolic content. At the same time these places fix the change and displacement of signification: in postmodern consumer society social definitions (social class, antagonism) are displaced into the private sphere and vice versa', such "private" notions as desire belong to the social sphere. The common sense of time continuity (chronology) is displaced by chronical repetitions of the past, which produce the model of regressive history.

  • Issue Year: 2002
  • Issue No: 2(27)
  • Page Range: 4-8
  • Page Count: 5
  • Language: Lithuanian