Sometime during the turn of the recently bygone century, some academics began announcing the demise of post-modernism. Since then, various labels have been used to describe the thought paradigm aspiring to replace it. These have ranged from the rather unimaginative post-postmodernism to meta-modernism. Alan Kirby has suggested the rather deprecating “pseudo-modernism” (a la pseudo-secular) but preferred to use the weightier description ‘digimodernism’ in his 2009 book, Digimodernism: How New Technologies Dismantle the Postmodern and Reconfigure our Culture, where he described how the paradigm was being shaped under the overwhelming pressure of new technologies in the digital world and the social forces being unleashed by them. In a subsequent paper, he went on to announce definitively that postmodernism was not only dead and buried but that it was buried somewhere in the rubble of the twin towers on 9/11.
Speculation is rife about the BRICS’ future and their sustainability and many western observers are already writing its obituary. The latest news about Brazil’s economy contracting by 3.8 per cent and the impending impeachment of its President Dilma Rousseff is another dark spot in the state of affairs of the BRICS.
Creation of the Chinese-sponsored Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has won considerable attention in many capitals, particularly in Washington and Tokyo. Some view the establishment of the AIIB as a challenge to the supremacy of the post-World War II Bretton Woods order. Others see it as a symbol of shifting regional power in Asia. Some have deep concerns about the AIIB’s willingness to adhere to international safeguards and open procurement.
Иран ищет более глубокого, стратегического партнёрства с ЮАР и другими странами БРИКС; НБР может предложить новую модель для банков развития; в Индии прошла встреча шерп и су-шерп стран «пятёрки»; представителем РФ в Деловом совете БРИКС стал Сергей Горьков; Индия предложила создать портал о торговой политике в БРИКС; а также другие новости и мнения из мира БРИКС.
Sometime during the turn of the recently bygone century, some academics began announcing the demise of post-modernism. Since then, various labels have been used to describe the thought paradigm aspiring to replace it. These have ranged from the rather unimaginative post-postmodernism to meta-modernism. Alan Kirby has suggested the rather deprecating “pseudo-modernism” (a la pseudo-secular) but preferred to use the weightier description ‘digimodernism’ in his 2009 book, Digimodernism: How New Technologies Dismantle the Postmodern and Reconfigure our Culture, where he described how the paradigm was being shaped under the overwhelming pressure of new technologies in the digital world and the social forces being unleashed by them. In a subsequent paper, he went on to announce definitively that postmodernism was not only dead and buried but that it was buried somewhere in the rubble of the twin towers on 9/11.
Читать дальшеSpeculation is rife about the BRICS’ future and their sustainability and many western observers are already writing its obituary. The latest news about Brazil’s economy contracting by 3.8 per cent and the impending impeachment of its President Dilma Rousseff is another dark spot in the state of affairs of the BRICS.
Читать дальшеCreation of the Chinese-sponsored Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has won considerable attention in many capitals, particularly in Washington and Tokyo. Some view the establishment of the AIIB as a challenge to the supremacy of the post-World War II Bretton Woods order. Others see it as a symbol of shifting regional power in Asia. Some have deep concerns about the AIIB’s willingness to adhere to international safeguards and open procurement.
Читать дальшеИран ищет более глубокого, стратегического партнёрства с ЮАР и другими странами БРИКС; НБР может предложить новую модель для банков развития; в Индии прошла встреча шерп и су-шерп стран «пятёрки»; представителем РФ в Деловом совете БРИКС стал Сергей Горьков; Индия предложила создать портал о торговой политике в БРИКС; а также другие новости и мнения из мира БРИКС.
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