Maya Cochrane Popular Capitalism and Popular Culture Reading week 2
This article raises questions about the relationship between Postmodernism and the development of Capitalism and current culture. He uses political and commercial figures like Ronald Regan and philosopher Paul de Man, to explain the importance of image over ethics. He constantly brings us that the “experience of time and space has changed?” What does he mean by this? We had a short discussion about this and linked it to the impatience our culture has today. In the past information got to you slowly, through mail where as now we send e-mail and expect an instant reply. We are experiencing events shortly after they happen and just as quickly they become history. If we are living in the present and receiving an overload of information through constant advertisement, sifting through the vast information available on the web we are always suspicious about whether the information we receive is accurate? While we are listening to the spin placed on the news about our politicians real issues go “unheard in a world cluttered with illusion, fantasy and pretence.” This forces us always question the truth behind the information we receive, leaving us always unsure and later apathetic to the real issues that affect our lives. We discussed how “counter culture” is being used by corporations to sell products to consumers. Seemingly public spaces, like myspace or utube are being infiltrated with corporate commercials disguised as everyday people expressing their opinions. In a cultural situation like this what do we become?
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